Tag Archives: marketing

The Narrow-Mindedness of the ‘Accepted Wisdom’

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Guest

Today’s guest post is by Sarah Argodale, a young student who is getting ready to start her Master’s degree in Public Policy/Administration. In her spare time, she likes to write about feminism and video games. You can follow her here. A recent … Continue reading →

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Assassin’s Creed 3 Multiplayer Trailer Makes Me Cringe

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Jillian Scharr

Last week, Ubisoft posted a trailer for the multiplayer mode of upcoming game Assassin’s Creed 3. Predictably, it features whites and Native Americans, both men and women, killing each other with rifles, hammers, daggers and the like. Standard procedure for … Continue reading →

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Hey E3, It’s Time to Have a “No Booth Babes” Policy

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

  E3 might be a wonderful conference to attend if you’re a straight, white, privileged male interested in getting your photo taken by scantily-clad women at video game booths.  But the women (and their allies) in and around the game … Continue reading →

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FemShep Steps Forward, But for How Long?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Rawles

On the final day of the San Diego Comic Con, I sat in a hotel lobby completely exhausted, but still unable to stop grinning as I watched two little girls carry on a protracted and energetic pretend battle with a … Continue reading →

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FemShep Will Be on CE Box Art, Get Her Own Trailer Thanks to Fans

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Alex

Fans of the female version of Mass Effect‘s Commander Shepard rejoice: BioWare Marketing Director David Silverman has confirmed on Twitter that not only is the company working on a trailer featuring FemShep, but she will be included on the box … Continue reading →

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RamaCity: Manly casual game for men

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Tami Baribeau

Bigpoint, an online game publisher, has just announced a press release about their new game, RamaCity.  This city-building game is their “first casual game targeted specifically towards men”.  Is there any game more masculine than one in which players carefully … Continue reading →

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Duke Nukem Forever – Wallowing in sexism

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Gunthera1

  In some games we find sexism buried within plot points or seen through the stereotyped portrayals of female characters. Duke Nukem Forever is not one of those games. There is no need to look deeply into gameplay or storyline … Continue reading →

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*NSFW* Top Spin 4: Selling female athletes and gamers as sex symbols

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Tami Baribeau

  Top Spin 4 is the latest installment of 2KGames’ tennis series featuring playable character depictions of actual tennis stars.  This latest promotional video features professional tennis champion Serena Williams and the “world’s sexiest tennis gamer” Rileah Vanderbilt, and it definitely … Continue reading →

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Trenched – for men, manly men! (no girls allowed)

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Gunthera1

  A new game has been announced from Double Fine.  In this game you can control huge robots against what appears to be a science fiction type  alien menace. A large variety of gigantic robots can be controlled by the … Continue reading →

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Ad Copy Done Wrong: BTO Online’s sexism, racism, & classism

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Guest

Wundergeek is a straight, cis white woman who recently was asked to write an article about sexism in gaming and found she couldn’t shut up about in once the article was done. She’s since started Go Make Me a Sandwich, a blog … Continue reading →

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