Episode 44: I See Dead People: Games to Play On All Hallow’s Eve (Or Any Other Time) (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about scary games that we recommend (or not) for this bewitching season. We go through some AAA titles […]
Recently there has been some discussion among our blog readers about why we find rape in video games more atrocious than murder in video games. By most accounts, murder is worse than rape—certainly the US legal system thinks so. So why do many of us feel comfortable killing over and […]
The cake is a lie. Especially when you are talking about having your cake and eating it too. For years video game developers and company execs have been telling us that their use of racial stereotypes in games was not as racist as we wanted to make it seem. That […]
***super super duper trigger warning: rape, victim shaming, assholes*** Recently there has been a big debate about the depiction of rape in video games. I’ll recap quickly for those who haven’t heard. In the upcoming Tomb Raider game, there is a scene in which Lara Croft has to defend […]
This past Tuesday (Oct. 2) marked the release of the much anticipated Resident Evil: 6 and the internet was immediately flooded with reviews claiming RE:6 to be the worst in the series yet. One review on Destructoid by Jim Sterling even said, “If any consistently good thing can be said […]
This week Democrat Congressional (Maine) candidate Colleen Lachowicz was outed by Republicans. Lachowicz is not, as far as we know, gay, but she is a gamer. Lachowicz’s opponents have started their own site, Colleen’s World (You can Google it because I refuse to give them an active link), in an attempt to […]
Here’s a shocker…racism is alive and well in the video gaming community. We are growing more and more accustomed to seeing it perpetuated among gamers and in the video games themselves. Oftentimes we find ourselves blaming the use of racist and sexist stereotypes in video games on a lack of […]
Episode 43: It’s All About Me: Narrative Modding, Feminism, and Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about narrative spaces outside of games and how they can be feminist tools. Yeah, and there were pandas…lots of pandas. Links of Note: Get […]
The following video asks the question of whether or not video games are art. Enjoy! Games featured: Journey, Bastion, Braid, Sword and Sorcery, Limbo and The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom.
With the release of Borderlands 2 last week I found myself trying to figure out how I was going to play my favorite split-screen co-op without having a reliable internet connection due to my recent move back home. I quickly recruited my younger sister to play the game with me […]
Episode 42: The WiiU Announcement Episode Recap (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we do a quick recap of the awesome episode that didn’t record. We talk about the WiiU launch announcement as well as the usual stuff. Links of Note: Kojima Productions […]
This post is about some recent activity that has been flourishing because of a blog post by Nice Girl on the blog Nice Girls Like Sex Too. The blog post, titled “The Dark Side of Geek Feminism” reports the perception of one woman on attending OSCON (a foss conference). Rather […]
This year I went to GenCon. There were dice, cards, and game boards everywhere. And I loved it. There. I said. Out loud. Or wrote it. I started playing role playing games back in high school. Back when teenagers were rumored to dying in caves in our own backyard (Michigan […]
Episode 41: What It Means to Be a Female Gamer (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about what it means (to each of us) to be a woman gamer. The episode where we share a bit of what being gamers and […]
A while back we thought out loud about how much fun it would be to do a group play-through of a section of a game and just chat about it while it happened. And then Nicole moved away and things got a bit more tricky. Well, we finally finagled something […]
Episode 40: Call Me!: The Listener Email Episode (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we answer some great questions from listeners. After the usual sign off we added the audio from our video mail question and answer so don’t miss that! And our video […]