Alex and I are in the midst of the 24 hour gaming marathon to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network and Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis. Every 6 hours we will take a quick break to record a video confessional with any fellow Purdue gamers who are participating and willing to confess their gaming sins. [...]
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Video Confessionals: Extra Life Gaming Marathon
October 16th, 2011 
dr. b. 
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Tags: charity, children's miracle network, extra life, facebook games, riley children's hospital 
Comments OffHardcore Farmer? Your Mama is a Gamer!
March 16th, 2011 dr. b. Episode 5: Hardcore Farming!: Your Mama is a Gamer(“Save As” to download) The fifth episode of the Not Your Mama’s Gamer podcast where we talk about intersectionality and gamers, the “new” hardcore gamer (according to Zynga), and President Obama on gamification. Links of Note: Dead Island Trailer Torchlight (Runic Games) President Obama’s speech on gamified [...]
Posted in 360, Games and Education, Podcast Tags: Education, facebook games, Gamification, intersectionality, motherhood, podcast Comments Off
Do video games influence social constructions in meat space?
March 5th, 2011 alexlayne 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 [...]
Posted in Mac, PC, Uncategorized, Windows Tags: Facebook, facebook games, hotness, it girl, social construction 3 Comments »
