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Tag Archives: privilege
All Skulls On: Teaching Intersectionality through Halo
“Let me just close the door so the other instructors don’t find out I’m letting you play Halo,” I joked to my Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 100 class. I knew I was taking a risk on this teaching activity. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, General Gaming
Tagged class, disability, gender identity, halo, halo:reach, intersectionality, male privilege, privilege, race, sexual orientation, teaching, women's studies
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Decolonize Me
“Why do you act so white?” Her name was Shanti. I will always remember the exact look on her face, how her head floated in my vision surrounded by the artifacts of a high school classroom. It was the 10th … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming
Tagged journalism, New Games Journalism, Personal, Personal Games, privilege, Writing
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Life Flashes By: A Conversation
One of our staff writers released a game last November. Considering it is a game that features a middle-aged woman as the protagonist, it seems odd that we never actually, you know, provided our readers here with a link. What … Continue reading
Posted in PC Games
Tagged community, Deirdra Kiai, diversity, game design, indie, indie games, interview, Life Flashes By, privilege, women
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Facebook games and the privileged people who oppose them
[Trigger warning for fat shaming, ableist slurs, class privilege, also general warning for thought rambling] A long article was released yesterday in the San Francisco Chronicle about FarmVille game developer Zynga, claiming that the company is one of the largest … Continue reading
Wrex and the Art of the Privilege Check
I’ve written a lot about Mass Effect previously, including a rather long criticism of some of the subtle (and not-so-subtle) gender bias at play in the universe BioWare has created. For my last post, I’d like to take a look … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, PC Games
Tagged BioWare, EA, Mass Effect, privilege, racism, Xbox 360
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