Well, yes. I’ve argued again and again that gender, race, class, and all sorts of social constructions can be influenced by the way those things are depicted in entertainment media like video games. But, I’m a hypocrite. I would also argue against anyone who claims that violence in video games makes kids more violent. In [...]
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Do video games influence social constructions in meat space?
March 5th, 2011 
alexlayne 
Posted in Mac, PC, Uncategorized, Windows 
Tags: Facebook, facebook games, hotness, it girl, social construction 
3 Comments »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 [...]
Episode 3: Skinner Box Logic, Facebook, MMORPGs, and Freemium Games
February 18th, 2011 dr. b. Episode 3: Skinner Box Logic, Facebook, MMORPGs, and Freemium Games (“Save As” to download) The episode in which we talk about Skinner Box logic, Facebook games, and MMORPGs. Dr. B. drops the F-bomb twice and apologizes profusely and Alex reviews Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. [...]
I’m Not Addicted, I’m Just Conditioned This Way.
February 17th, 2011 dr. b. So this week Alex did 2 things to suck my time dry. First she talked me into going back into WoW and then she agreed to my hair-brained idea to make a video about Skinner Box Logic in video games. To make it even funnier, we spaced it and made the video and then did [...]
