So Papo & Yo (Minority Media, 2012) is a game that I have been interested in playing for a while. When the indie title appeared on PS3 about a year ago I did a bit of research to see what other folks were saying about the title. I was simultaneously intrigued and disturbed. If you [...]
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The Monster Within: Papo & Yo As A Meaningful Experience
May 8th, 2013 
dr. b. 
Posted in PC, PS3, Uncategorized 
Tags: children, cultural critique, Culture, diversity, Education, serious games 
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She Has No Voice So I Must Scream: On Voice and Agency in Video Games
April 15th, 2013 dr. b. So yeah, this post is going to be about voice. Voice has always been a huge issue with me. Not necessarily with how a voice sounds, but with the absence of voice and what that absence of voice actually means. It’s because of this that The Little Mermaid is one of my most hated Disney [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Uncategorized Tags: cultural critique, diversity, feminism, gender, race 5 Comments »
I Was Born An Assassin: On Minorities, Agency, and Legitimacy in Video Games
November 5th, 2012 dr. b. I have been waiting a long time for Assassin’s Creed III (and ACIII:Liberation, but I’ll save that for another post). I pre-ordered my copy, mapped out my gameplay time, and did the happy dance when I learned that my mother would be visiting during the release window so that Pea would be entertained during my [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Uncategorized Tags: Assassin's Creed, cultural critique, diversity, race 4 Comments »
The Cake is a Lie: Post-Racialism in Assassin’s Creed III and Games Advertising
October 12th, 2012 dr. b. The cake is a lie. Especially when you are talking about having your cake and eating it too. For years video game developers and company execs have been telling us that their use of racial stereotypes in games was not as racist as we wanted to make it seem. That it really wasn’t racist at [...]
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Not Serious Games, but Taking Games Seriously: Bioware Steps Up the Diversity?
March 14th, 2012 dr. b. As educators we talk about Serious Games, And it’s no small secret that I am not a fan of the serios game. Rather than creating small and less engaging games that focus on specific comment why can’t we just use commercial off the shelf games and look for the larger issues in there and use [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: cultural critique, diversity, gay, masculinity, queer, social construction 2 Comments »
Episode 29: Women Behaving Badly
February 24th, 2012 dr. b. Episode 29 : Women Behaving Badly (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we are joined by guest co-host Nicole Marie and we talk about misogyny in the games industry in light of the Bioware/Jennifer Hepler. We also talk about our desert island game choices and tell why we chose [...]
Posted in Miscellany, Podcast, Uncategorized Tags: diversity, feminism, game developers, podcast, podcasts, sexism, sexual assault Comments Off
Episode 25 : The Lesbian Avenger: My MMO Can Beat Your MMO
December 15th, 2011 dr. b. Episode 25 : The Lesbian Avenger: My MMO Can Beat Your MMO (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about our MMO time capsule. We talk about our favorite MMOs and learn that Sam has been gaming longer than Alex has been alive! We announce the availability [...]
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Episode 17: You Say Feminist Whore Like It’s a Bad Thing: Race and Gender in Dead Island and Deus Ex
September 9th, 2011 dr. b. Episode 17: You Say Feminist Whore Like It’s a Bad Thing: Race and Gender in Dead Island and Deus Ex (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) We talk about Techland’s Dead Island, Eidos/Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Tea Party Zombies, and Slavery: The Game. Don’t miss this one because [...]
Posted in 360, PC, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: diversity, podcast, podcasts, survival horror 4 Comments »
I Am Not My Hair: On the Politics of Character Creation in Games
August 3rd, 2011 dr. b. We mentioned thiis on in episode 14 of the podcast, but I thought that I would take a few minutes and revisit it on the blog. Denis Farr over at The Border House blog recently wrote an interesting post on the politics of hair in video games. He talks specifically about how difficult it is [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Uncategorized Tags: body politics, diversity, intersectionality, sexual politics, Sims 1 Comment »
Episode 8: You’re A Friggin’ Cow in the West: Women and Technology
April 29th, 2011 dr. b. (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about women and technology. dr. b. drops a few f-bombs while drinking tea for the royal wedding, Alex goes mad-eyed dog crazy, and Sarah…she’s a friggin’ cow in the west. Links of Note: Android Dog Fighting App Bill and [...]
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