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What I Saw at PAX East 2013: Female Protagonists!
At PAX East 2012, the only game I played with a female character was Borderlands 2. I did play a couple of games with a first-person POV with no emphasis on gender, but I encountered a serious lack of female … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, General Gaming, Indie Games, Mobile Games, PC Games
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The Intentional Ambiguity of Kairo
The following is a guest post from Michelle Ealey: Michelle Ealey is a freelance writer and part-time science teacher. She enjoys science fiction and fantasy books, movies, and television, and she’s been playing all sorts of games since she was … Continue reading