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Border House DLC: This Week in Videogames
Walkthrough Big releases: Far Cry 3, and “Dragonborn” DLC for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Also, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has been born again as an iOS app. Eh, there are plenty of console-to-iOS reboots of much better games. Like … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming
Tagged anita sarkeesian, Elder Scrolls, fake geek girls, hitman: absolution, humble bundle, news roundup, Square Enix
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Link Roundup: Hitman: Absolution Trailer
This week has seen another round of discussion of rape culture in video games, prompted primarily by the release of a trailer for the upcoming Hitman: Absolution, which I will not link. Instead, I will offer a round-up of some … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, General Gaming
Tagged hitman: absolution, links, misogyny, rape culture
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On Taking Seeing Sexism For Granted
Brendan over at Critical Damage has an excellent article (TW: discussion of sexual violence and rape) about the implicit and complicit participation of video games in rape culture. It was sparked by a video trailer for Hitman: Absolution that is a complete sexist … Continue reading
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Tagged hitman: absolution, rape culture, sexism, violence, we're still having this conversation!?
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