Tag Archives: race

All Skulls On: Teaching Intersectionality through Halo

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Samantha Allen

“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 →

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Warcraft goes from Pygmies to Sherpa

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Pewter

The original version of this post appeared at Decoding Dragons. This is a difficult post. Not because it’s personal for me, but I feel like someone should say something. The casual cultural appropriation that Blizzard continues to practise is tiring, … Continue reading →

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Mayday: Or, How I Learned To Love Grace Jones

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Denis Farr

It took me a while to recognize how I would approach Corvus Elrod’s theme for this month’s Blogs of the Round Table. It’s been fairly rare that a game has not managed to pull me out of some fantasy or … Continue reading →

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The Fantasy Cyborg: Reading Passing Narratives in Dragon Age

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Mattie Brice

(Spoiler warning for the Dragon Age series) Topics about social minorities in video games typically manifest in the relationship humans have with other sentient characters of their world or universe. Games often present humanity as space-warfaring Americans or in a … Continue reading →

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Activist Games

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Alex

A few items from the past month that I wanted to bring to our readers’ attention: First, Auntie Pixelante has created a game called Defend the Land, which is a satire of transphobic “women-born-women” policies at music festivals like MichFest. … Continue reading →

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Anti-anticitizen One

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Denis Farr

Note: Spoilers for the Half-Life series. A while ago I started a series examining the various premises surrounding Half-Life 2. When I sat down and reflected (and wrote in my own blog, which will be where the following links redirect), … Continue reading →

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Diversity Watch: Bastion

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Mattie Brice

As a sort of closing thoughts on my time with Bastion, I’m curious as to how I can further my agenda of promoting diversity in games, or seeing how games are an artifact of a culture’s stance on diversity. This isn’t … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Game Hair

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Denis Farr

N.B. Many thanks to Latoya Peterson for allowing me to ask her a few questions, and my friend Janathan for reading and giving me feedback. I do not claim to have these experiences, but it is something I rarely see … Continue reading →

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Gerald Lawson, Inventor of First Cartridge-Based Games Console, Dies at 70

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Brinstar

This month, the videogame industry lost a pioneer. Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, who invented the Fairchild, or Channel F, console, died earlier this month from complications stemming from diabetes. The Fairchild Channel F console, launched in 1976, pre-dated the Atari 2600 … Continue reading →

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Inclusivity Review: Dragon Age 2

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Denis Farr

If you have any interest in BioWare’s Dragon Age 2 (and I realize many don’t, after many missteps by both BioWare and EA in this franchise and others), you’ve likely heard the bad by now: entire levels are used over and … Continue reading →

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