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Roll a Die by the Sword: An Engagement with Jennifer Hepler’s Ideas
There were many things wrong with the recent bacchanal of hate that surrounded Bioware writer Jennifer Hepler this past week, but one of the more critical ones was this: she was being savaged for merely offering an opinion in … Continue reading
Posted in Casual Games, MMORPGs, PC Games
Tagged Dragon Age, FarmVille, Inclusion, jennifer hepler, MMORPG, World of Warcraft
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The dilemma of character versus gameplay
Last week on the blog we ran a cool piece by Jadelyn on playing female characters in games and it got me thinking. I ended up going on a thinking trip about Zoey, then to Lilith from Borderlands, and then … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming
Tagged abilities, Android, board games, Borderlands, characters, decisions, equality, Fantasy Flight Games, gender, min-max, MMORPG, online games, opinion, RPG, Soul Calibur
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