At my recent panel at Emerald City Comicon, called “Looking Past the Target Audience: Gender, Race, and Geek Identity Politics,” we as a group of panelists were fully aware that we would not be able to cover a topic this huge in scope and complexity in the short amount of time allotted. This is, briefly, what we discussed in the panel:…
I will be speaking on a panel at Emerald City Comicon, which is taking place in Seattle from 1 – 3 March: Looking Past the Target Audience: Gender, Race, and Geek Identity Politics Sunday, March 3 Room: 2AB Start: 1:00 PM End: 1:55 PM This year, the geek community’s strained relationship with diversity came to a head. Conflicts over exclusion, and…
Last Summer I backed a Kickstarter fan project that collected a series of comics and cartoons depicting the everyday life of my favorite space bounty hunter, Samus Aran (of the Metroid series of videogames), into a hardcover book. This cute series of comics, The 31 Days of Zero Suit Samus was brought to life and posted on the web by artist Chris…
Choice of the Dragon is a web-based multiple-choice game. It’s also available for Android, the platform on which I primarily played the game. The premise is fairly basic: [Y]ou play a powerful dragon that likes to kidnap princesses and sleep on a hoard of treasure. Dominate the local kingdom, loot and pillage, and inspire terror in the hearts of your enemies!…
I started playing Dragon Age: Origins a few weeks ago. I chose to play a female elf mage, Thurkear. I have heard a lot about the relationship and romance aspect of Dragon Age from friends who are playing it and a few bits and pieces in the media. Having heard about their enjoyment and engagement with this aspect of the…