Episode 19: Kratos is a Giant P*nis: Video Games and the Manly Man Archetype (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about masculinity in games…yep, you read it right. Masculinity. Duke Nukem, Gears of War, Kratos, and androgynous JRPG boys. Links of Note: Sponsor Sam or Alex [...]
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Episode 19: Kratos is a Giant P*nis: Video Games and the Manly Man Archetype
September 30th, 2011 
dr. b. 
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Uncategorized 
Tags: feminism, intersectionality, masculinity, podcast, podcasts 
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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 »
Hardcore Mama: Should Kids Be Off Limits?
March 18th, 2011 dr. b. Ok, so I am doing the unthinkable and rehashing a post from the past (albeit from my personal blog) because it’s a topic that I have been thinking a lot about and one that I have been thinking a lot about recently, especially with the release of the Dead Island trailer. We talked about it [...]
Posted in 360, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: Culture, feminism, intersectionality, motherhood, survival horror 2 Comments »Hardcore 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
