Episode 25 : The Lesbian Avenger: My MMO Can Beat Your MMO (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about our MMO time capsule. We talk about our favorite MMOs and learn that Sam has been gaming longer than Alex has been alive! We announce the availability [...]
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Episode 25 : The Lesbian Avenger: My MMO Can Beat Your MMO
December 15th, 2011 
dr. b. 
Posted in Podcast, Uncategorized 
Tags: cultural critique, diversity, LGBT, MMORPG, MMORPGs, MMOs, podcast, podcasts, Sims, time capsule, WoW 
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Sim(ply) Irresistible: On Bad Puns and (In)Appropriate Behavior in The Sims Social
August 25th, 2011 dr. b. Names of the Sims involved have been withheld to protect the innocent. EA Games released The Sims in early 2000. I was in the middle of writing my dissertation. I was trying to finish, sell our house, and get ready to relocate for my first academic job. I was stressed out and desperate. I’m not [...]
Posted in Facebook, PC, Uncategorized Tags: feminism, homosexuality, sexual assault, sexuality, Sims Comments Off
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 »
