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 ‘sexism’
Down the Rabbit Hole: #1reasonwhy Women Aren’t In the Games Industry
January 23rd, 2013 
dr. b. Sometimes my brain works much like the horrible Bing search engine commercial where people jump from tangential topic to tangential topic based on keywords and loose connections. Today’s post comes from just such an idea jump that I experienced today. It started when a student in my Gender and Technology seminar mentioned Phyllis Schlafly and [...]
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Tags: feminism, game developers, sexism, women in games 
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#1ReasonWhy: Women in Games Speak Out
November 30th, 2012 dr. b. This week women in the gaming industry took to Twitter in order to expose sexism in the industry. While many men and women alike used this opportunity to share their own experiences and to demonstrate their support for their female colleagues. And it all started with one simple hashtag #1reasonwhy. From that hashtag sprang #1reasonmentor [...]
Call of Duty: Bro Ops; Virtual Bullying Entering the Real World
November 19th, 2012 Nicole Marie Author’s note: My views in no way shape or form represent the views of my employer as a company. They are my own personal opinions and should not be associated with the company any further than by the fact that I work there and these experiences come from their employing me. As a self-proclaimed lover [...]
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
Fake Gamers: The Quest for Authenticity in Faked Pictures of Faked Gaming?
August 7th, 2012 alexlayne Coming off the conversations we have been having lately on the podcast about booth babes, I thought another pertinent topic is the “fake gamer of the week” segment found at Kotaku. In this weekly blog, writers find ads and stock photos and write pithy responses mocking all of the things wrong with the photos. Often [...]
Posted in 360, DS, Miscellany, Uncategorized Tags: booth babes, fake gamers, sexism, women as objects Comments Off
Episode 39: How Much Is That Booth Babe in the Window: Booth Babes, Feminism, and Context
July 31st, 2012 dr. b. Episode 39: How Much Is That Booth Babe in the Window: Booth Babes, Feminism, and Context (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about booth babes in the larger context of feminism and sexism in the games industry. Confessions of a sometimes booth babe Man Declares Love [...]
Posted in Podcast, Uncategorized Tags: booth babes, cons, feminism, podcast, podcasts, sexism, sexual assault Comments Off
GLS: Wrap Up
June 16th, 2012 alexlayne So we have just returned from the fabulous GLS (Games, Learning, ad Society) Conference at UW Madison. It is really a great conference: a good mix of professionals from industry, developers, academics, researchers, and K-12 teachers; lots of good tech to check out and play with (as anyone who got a chance to play Johann [...]
Posted in Games and Rhetoric, Miscellany, R&D, Uncategorized Tags: conference, future, gls, nymg work, sexism Comments Off
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 [...]
More on Harassment Around the Interwebs
April 28th, 2012 dr. b. We’ve talked about sexual harrassments and death threats in our community a lot around here at NYMG. Alex Layne has a couple of folks about death threats against women in the Open Source community and the fact 3 in 10 women are sexually assaulted at tech conferences. We covered the Jennifer Hepler sh*tstorm that broke [...]
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