Social Issues
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Dragon Age: Origins, Sexual Orientation, and Player Choice
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…
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The Border House: Breaking Down Borders in Gaming
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…
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Convention Sexual Harassment and #EAFail
I haven’t spoken up about the failness that is #EAfail, partly because I’ve been doing detective work, collecting many of the links you see in this post, keeping tabs on what’s going on in the Twitter stream, and just gathering my thoughts on it after several days of perspective. If you…
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GLAAD’s Project to Combat Homophobia in Virtual Communities
A few weeks ago, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced a new project to fight homophobia in virtual communities, including gaming communities. Three months ago, I was invited to participate in a conference call with GLAAD so they could gather views and opinions about homophobia in gaming…
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Discussion of My Post at Racialicious
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…