Episode 53: Lara Croft: Whimpering Idiot or Feminist Icon? (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode in which we talk about Tomb Raider! It’s a long episode and the first half is us talking about what we’ve been playing (a lot apparently) and the news. In our Tomb Raider spoiler we [...]
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Episode 53: Lara Croft: Whimpering Idiot or Feminist Icon?
April 16th, 2013 
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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 »
Episode 35 : “I’m Sexist and I Know It: Sneaky Sneaky Till the Soapbox Comes Out
May 22nd, 2012 dr. b. Episode 35 : “I’m Sexist and I Know It: Sneaky Sneaky Till the Soapbox Comes Out” (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where Sam, Alex, and Nicole record in one space and have drunch (aka drinks and lunch). They each take a turn with the games soapbox and talk [...]
Episode 32 : No Man? No Problems?: Female-Female Character Interactions in Games
March 30th, 2012 dr. b. Episode 32 : “No Man? No Problems?: Female-Female Character Interactions in Games” (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where Sam calls other people’s children feral and we talk about interaction between female characters in video games. There is more talk of Mass Effect 3, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Skyrim, [...]
Episode 30: An NYMG Interview with Game Designer Sheri Graner Ray
February 28th, 2012 alexlayne “If you ask people to hire who they like, what you end up with is a homogenous team. People like people who are just like themselves.” An interview with game designer Sheri Graner Ray Sheri Graner Ray Interview (click here to listen, right click to download directly to iTunes) Transcript: Alex: Hi I’m Alex Layne [...]
Posted in Podcast, Uncategorized Tags: gaming industry, gender, podcast, podcasts, sheri graner ray, women in games, women in games international Comments Off
All the World’s a Drag Show and We’re Just Kings and Queens: Gender Performance and Video Games
October 2nd, 2011 dr. b. In this week’s podcast, Alex brought up the fact that she was reading Judith Butler’s gender performativity theory and I thought that while Butler’s work is a little heavy it could definitely lead us to a good discussion of how feminine and masculine characters in video games are constructed aesthetically and narratively. Here’s the deal. [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Uncategorized Tags: feminism, gender, masculinity, sexuality 5 Comments »
