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Hi, my name is Denis. I originally started this blog over at Blogger in July 2008. I tend to write a lot about videogames, and have made various rounds of the web. Was formerly a staff writer for both GayGamer and The Border House. This blog serves to explicate my thoughts on any number of issues, not solely focused on videogames anymore (though they still make up the majority).Search:
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Quick: Do you have egg on your face?
Due to gracious linking by many sources (among them Maggie Greene and N’Gai Croal), a useful conversation has occurred concerning my post on Gendered Violence. These conversations and blurbs (Nariko and Kate Archer had been brought up by Groping the … Continue reading
Tagged gender in games
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Body Gaming
This weekend brought to my attention a fact that I had not fully pondered, but one which I’d argued in the past: gaming is a community activity. It started Saturday. After a four hour rally against the hate legislation that … Continue reading
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So what?
Welcome to the another edition of Fanny Fridays (shamelessly inspired by Grant Morrison’s Lord Fanny character from The Invisibles). These weekly posts examine the mirror of gender and sex that occurs between our culture and videogames. This episode? In which … Continue reading
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Sugar and spice
Brinstar’s post on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed gave me more to chew on than just the level of violence and gore to which we (don’t) subject women in games; I began considering a comment she made about the protagonist … Continue reading
Gendered Violence
I largely feel that when adding a female protagonist into a mostly linearly plotted game (read: no emergent gameplay; nor creation of your own character or characters that aren’t fully developed, instead being ciphers to ludic pleasure), the whole tone … Continue reading
Thou dost not protest
Dan Golding of Subject Navigator brought up a point that has played back in my mind quite frequently over the last four years (the amount of time I have been a vegetarian). Being a vegetarian opened up my eyes to … Continue reading
Between two pixels
Welcome to the another edition of Fanny Fridays (shamelessly inspired by Grant Morrison’s Lord Fanny character from The Invisibles). These weekly posts examine the mirror of gender and sex that occurs between our culture and videogames. Not surprisingly, the issue … Continue reading
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Take me out to the video game.
The Family That Plays Together This month’s Round Table invites us to talk about our families today and the role that playing games has in our relationships with them. Whether you play video games with your children before bed, card … Continue reading
Vote! Vote?
If you are an American citizen, I highly urge you to vote. While I can’t pretend to be without my bias in this particular election, I just believe it’s generally a good thing to exercise the rights you have. Don’t … Continue reading
Have you talked about talking about gaming?
In the same trip to London where I saw a slew of great and mediocre (though not absolutely horrible) theater with my theatrical peers, I had the opportunity to visit the Tate Modern. There are two rules I try to … Continue reading
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