Episode 66: Put An Ace Bandage On Those Things: Talking Games Research with Carly Finseth (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about games research, why we do what we do, and where we go from here.
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This upcoming Thanksgiving will mark the one year anniversary of my working for “the bank” and with this anniversary I took a moment to reflect on what this year has done for me as an individual in the work place and as a gamer. One of the greatest things about […]
I wanted to keep expanding on my look into game covers, but I think it’s important to search beyond the top-selling mainstream titles and most-hyped games across consoles proper, just to see if trends continue past the very middle of the mainstream, so this week I’m doing something a little […]
As the feminist pop culture community becomes more outspoken and as the campaign for proper female representation in games and the variety of other pop culture mediums gains increasing support, I’ve noticed that there have been a lot of excuses going around. These excuses or justifications cover all the reasons […]
Yesterday I was sitting in the coffee shop reading Miguel Sicart’s latest book, Beyond Choices: The Design of Ethical Gameplay and giggling at the passage that read Cocktail parties are terrible places for doing philosophy. Yet when a polite stranger asks me what I do, I end up awkwardly explaining […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of the game’s mechanics and characterization, but its narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste […]
For the next phase of my research on game covers, I initially planned to look at this year’s releases, but found myself instead falling through an Internet black hole and browsing the listings for the next generation releases. After I was done calculating all the money I would need to […]
Halloween is one of our favorite times here at NYMG. There have been so many video games in the horror genre that I, and I’m sure countless others, would consider some of the best games ever made. You have psychological thrillers like Heavy Rain, blood and guts carnage like Silent […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of the game’s mechanics and characterization, but its narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste […]
Episode 65: Spirit Walk With Me: The Grand Theft Auto V Spoilercast (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where all five of us come together to spoil GTAV in more ways than one. It’s a long episode but it is definitely worth it!!
One of the most fascinating things about writing for Not Your Mama’s Gamer is the audience that we attract. While I don’t have hard numbers/facts, I am almost positive that a majority of our readership are scholars/academics or people who stumbled on our site as an effect of being friends […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of game mechanics and characterization, but narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste yours. […]
It’s easy to get lost in all the bad things in the gaming community. It seems like everywhere you look there are sexual assaults, exploitations, racism, and so on. We critique a lot on this site, but we do it for one reason: we love gaming. We love the community, […]
Here’s a rundown of what you missed (or not) here at NYMG this week. Click through and read more. In Researchers Are Doing It For Themselves, Sam talked about logistics and games research. Do we have to play games to write about them? Alisha came back with Looking from the Margins […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of game mechanics and characterization, but narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste yours. This […]
After having the relentless fashionista Gracie visit my town in Animal Crossing for the first time last week, it dawned on me how little clothing I owned to pass her rigorous checks. I was able to pull together enough flashy clothing to make it through and pass but in the […]