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 
dr. b. 
Posted in Podcast, Uncategorized 
Tags: gender, podcast, podcasts, race, racism, rape, sexual assault 
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A Break in the Clouds, Progress in the Industry *Trigger Warning*
December 3rd, 2012 Nicole Marie Holy shit. Somebody listened. And it wasn’t just an indie game developer with nothing to lose, it was a big name AAA developer. Kotaku’s Patricia Hernandez published an article yesterday (Nov. 30) on how the writers for Dragon Age 3 actually removed a portion of the game because of a group of women’s input. Apparently [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Miscellany, Uncategorized Tags: feminism, rape, women in games Comments Off
Semantics and Silence: What is “Rape” in a Video Game? *trigger*
October 10th, 2012 alexlayne ***super super duper trigger warning: rape, victim shaming, assholes*** Recently there has been a big debate about the depiction of rape in video games. I’ll recap quickly for those who haven’t heard. In the upcoming Tomb Raider game, there is a scene in which Lara Croft has to defend herself against an oncoming attacker. [...]
Posted in 360, Miscellany, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: lara croft, rape, semantics, tomb raider 3 Comments »
Episode 37: Whoa, V*gina!: Lollipop Chainsaw, Tomb Raider, and the Need for Sarkeesian’s Cultural Critique
June 25th, 2012 dr. b. Episode 37: “Whoa V*gina: Lollipop Chainsaw, Tomb Raider, and the Need for Sarkeesian’s Cultural Critique” (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we segue from last week’s episode to this week’s by talking about rape imagery in the new Tomb Raider trailer, our playing of Lollipop Chainsaw, and Anita Sarkeesian’s [...]
How Bad is Too Bad?: Video Game Villains
November 29th, 2011 alexlayne When it comes to video game villains, I have always had a soft spot. Growing up, it seemed the good guy was always just one tragedy away from becoming the villain. They had flaws, were often deformed in some way, and were undeniably human. But sometimes, the villain goes too far. I buy the argument [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: batman, evil, harley quinn, heavy rain, joker, rape, scott shelby, sexism, villains 6 Comments »
