Coming off the conversations we have been having lately on the podcast about booth babes, I thought another pertinent topic is the “fake gamer of the week” segment found at Kotaku. In this weekly blog, writers find ads and stock photos and write pithy responses mocking all of the things wrong with the photos. Often [...]
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Fake Gamers: The Quest for Authenticity in Faked Pictures of Faked Gaming?
August 7th, 2012 
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Posted in 360, DS, Miscellany, Uncategorized 
Tags: booth babes, fake gamers, sexism, women as objects 
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Three Levels of Feminist Research in Games
February 26th, 2012 alexlayne I originally wrote this as a rant to keep saved on my personal computer, and it was not meant to see the light of day. It was a file for me to go to when I lost my way, when my work seemed aimless, or when I needed to articulate why I do what I [...]
Posted in 360, DS, Games and Rhetoric, Miscellany, PC, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: explicit sexism, feminist methodology, Hepler, implicit sexism, indsutry abuse, research, sexism 3 Comments »
Capcom and the Decline of the Japanese Presence in the North American Game Market: What’s Gender Got to Do With It?
January 24th, 2012 alexlayne There is no denying the change in perception of gamer demographics in the past few years. Video/computer games in the early to mid-90’s were made for an adolescent male audience by male programmers, though this isn’t all that surprising, considering that most of the people who would consider themselves “gamers” were male. The hardcore/casual divide [...]
Posted in 360, DS, Miscellany, Mobile, PC, PS3, PSP, Uncategorized, Wii Tags: Capcom, Dead Rising, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Street fighter 1 Comment »
Supremacy, Confederate Flags, and Simulations: On Realizing the Power of Video Games
January 21st, 2012 dr. b. Sometimes things stick with you for a reason…bits of a comedy show, a disturbing news story, and the hundreds of hours that you spend playing farming/social simulations on a handheld device. And sometimes those things come together in a perfect storm that allow you to write a post like the one that you are about [...]
Posted in 3DS, DS, Games and Education, Uncategorized Tags: games and education, race, racism, simulation Comments Off
Representations of the Other
September 8th, 2011 alexlayne I’ve been talking (and thinking) a lot lately about the differences between historical accuracy and the perpetuation of past culture (ie. the treatment of women in LA Noir and Madmen). I do have a genuine interest in creating representations of cultures in the past, and I think we can learn a lot about ourselves from [...]
Posted in 360, DS, Games and Rhetoric, Mac, Miscellany, PC, PS3, Uncategorized, Windows Tags: Alma, Alyx Vance, April Ryan, Carla Valenti, carmen San Diego, representation, the longest journey 3 Comments »
Episode 14: Dashboard Jesus: On Religion and Video Game Critique
July 29th, 2011 dr. b. Episode 14: Dashboard Jesus: On Religion and Video Game Critique (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) Revisiting religion and video games because it was too big for one episode (and probably for 2). We talk about a boatload of games including Supergiant Games’ Bastion, Sid Meier’s Civilization V, and Level [...]
Posted in 360, DS, Games and Education, Podcast Tags: Bastion, Civilization 5, Dragon Quest IX, podcast, podcasts, religion Comments OffIt’s Getting Hot in Here: Intersectionality and Video Games; Or Episode 6 is Live!
April 1st, 2011 dr. b. Episode 6: It’s Getting Hot in Here: Intersectionality and Video Games(“Save As” to download) The sixth episode of the Not Your Mama’s Gamer podcast where we talk about intersectionality and video games, identity, racism, football, and yes, the Nintendo 3DS. Alex sends a shout out to the Game Dames, Sarcastic Gamer: Pink, and Ladies of [...]
A Stupid Buy Update
March 27th, 2011 dr. b. Ok, so with new tech flying in the family today I decided to buy Peanut a new game for her Leapster Explorer. It was the Mr. Pencil game that let’s her do 2 of her favorite things in all of the world, write and draw. I figured that this had to be more successful than [...]
Episode 4: Reality is Broken and Fantasy May Not Be Much Better Off!
March 4th, 2011 dr. b. Episode 4: Reality is Broken and the Fantasy May Not Be Much Better Off! (“Save As” to download) The fourth episode of the Not Your Mama’s Gamer podcast is live and ready for download. This is the episode that was supposed to talk about intersectionality and games, but we never quite made it there because [...]
On Gender, Mickey and Hardcore Gaming
February 4th, 2011 dr. b. Episode 2: Who Ya Callin’ Hardcore?!? (“Save As” to download) The second episode of Not Your Mama’s Gamer podcast where Alex, Sarah, and I talk about gender, hardcore gamers, 3D technology, depression, Sam’s video game compulsion, and Disney’s Epic Mickey. Don’t worry it all comes together nicely. Links of Note: Video Game Addiction Tied to [...]
