We’ve all heard the old saying, “If you can’t ask, then you can’t afford it”, but I want us to consider for a moment a slightly modified version that might say “If you have to ask, it might be true for you”. In the last couple of days I have experienced a couple of situations [...]
Posts Tagged ‘racism’
Episode 53: Lara Croft: Whimpering Idiot or Feminist Icon?
April 16th, 2013 
dr. b. 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 [...]
Posted in Podcast, Uncategorized 
Tags: gender, podcast, podcasts, race, racism, rape, sexual assault 
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When Play Becomes Serious; Time to Stand Up
October 6th, 2012 dr. b. This week Democrat Congressional (Maine) candidate Colleen Lachowicz was outed by Republicans. Lachowicz is not, as far as we know, gay, but she is a gamer. Lachowicz’s opponents have started their own site, Colleen’s World (You can Google it because I refuse to give them an active link), in an attempt to discredit her as a viable [...]
Posted in Games and Education, Games and Rhetoric, Miscellany, Uncategorized Tags: cultural critique, MMORPGs, racism, sexism Comments Off
You’re Just Too Sensitive: Racism in Games and the Gaming Industry
October 4th, 2012 dr. b. Here’s a shocker…racism is alive and well in the video gaming community. We are growing more and more accustomed to seeing it perpetuated among gamers and in the video games themselves. Oftentimes we find ourselves blaming the use of racist and sexist stereotypes in video games on a lack of diversity within dev shops themselves. [...]
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 [...]
Supremacy, Confederate Flags, and Simulations: On Realizing the Power of Video Games
January 21st, 2012 dr. b. Sometimes things stick with you for a reason…bits of a comedy show, a disturbing news story, and the hundreds of hours that you spend playing farming/social simulations on a handheld device. And sometimes those things come together in a perfect storm that allow you to write a post like the one that you are about [...]
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Historicity Versus Perpetuation
August 23rd, 2011 alexlayne I watched the first episode of Mad Men the other day, and I found myself thinking about the line between historical accuracy and a perpetuation of attitudes that we no longer find appropriate. Don’t get me wrong; I appreciate an attempt at historical accuracy, even when it may get a little uncomfortable. A little [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Mac, Miscellany, Mobile, PC, Windows Tags: anti-Semitism, history, LA Noir, Mad Men, perpetuation, racism, sexism 3 Comments »
