I haven’t been in the habit of doing year-in-review posts, so why not do one? Looking back at the blog, I’ve drifted away from the continuous navel-gazing of play experiences, towards lengthier, more thoughtful, and less frequent posts. Over the past few years, I’ve also refrained from re-posting or frequently commenting on gaming news, which has also slowed the rate…
I joined forces with a group of cool people to start a feminist-friendly and inclusive group gaming and virtual worlds blog. After weeks of planning, setup, and flurries of emails all around, The Border House is now up and running. The majority of group gaming blogs tend to be exclusively run by, written by, and implicitly written for straight, white males. Whether those barriers…
I’ve had a Tumblr “tumblelog” for over two years, but I’ve barely used it. I’d like to change that for a few reasons. There are cool things I find on the internet that I feel are not appropriate for my gaming blog: interesting quotes, random cool pictures, links, and other content that isn’t necessarily related to what I write about…
My post (I also have a follow-up) about VideoGamer.com’s race “expert”, who was consulted to deliver the “verdict” on the racially-charged imagery in Resident Evil 5, was cross-posted over at Racialicious. Racialicious, a blog that discussses race issues and pop culture, is one of my favourite anti-racist blogs, so you can imagine how thrilled I was when they asked me…
The latest WOC (women of colour) and allies blog carnival is up. Two of my posts appear there, in the section on Gaming. Renee, the organiser, writes about the aims of the WOC blog carnival: Tell It Women Of Color Speak, is dedicated to giving voice to women of color. Historically we have been marginalized, exploited and silenced. Throughout our…