Lest you thought that Not Your Mama’s Gamer had fallen off the face of the earth…Alex, Nicole, and I are taking a little family time for the holidays. We are going to be back and better than ever at the start of the new year. We are really exited about […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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Ah yes, cosplaying. The act of dressing up as one’s favorite character; whether they be from a video game, comic book, movie, television show, or any form of anime (and oh so many other forms of media). When convention season comes around you can always expect to see people dressed […]
We have done many game reviews here at NYMG, but this is the first book review. I felt compelled to write this review after reading Balsamo’s book. To give you an anecdotal idea of how much I liked it, I sat down with a cup of coffee Saturday morning and […]
Holy shit. Somebody listened. And it wasn’t just an indie game developer with nothing to lose, it was a big name AAA developer. Kotaku’s Patricia Hernandez published an article yesterday (Nov. 30) on how the writers for Dragon Age 3 actually removed a portion of the game because of a […]
Episode 47: Leaving Ourselves Behind: An Interview with The Able Gamers Foundation’s Mark Barlet (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk to Mark Barlet, CEO of the Able Gamers Foundation and the winner of the 2012 Paul G. Hearne Award from AAPD (American Association […]
This week women in the gaming industry took to Twitter in order to expose sexism in the industry. While many men and women alike used this opportunity to share their own experiences and to demonstrate their support for their female colleagues. And it all started with one simple hashtag #1reasonwhy. […]
It’s all about time. It always has been, always will be. When we are kids time never goes fast enough and as we get older time goes too fast. Every day Pea reminds me that a trip to the store, waiting for me to take the trash out, or waiting […]
For those who may have missed our last podcast, we had an incredible interview with author Christa Charter. In the interview, Charter narrates the struggle between portraying a female protagonist who is sexual, and likes her sexuality, and one who is a slut. She found in her research that there […]
It’s that time of year again when all young (and not so young) gamers hearts turn to gifting. With Black Friday just mere days away we have brought our collective minds to the table to come up with some gifting ideas for the techie minded, fledglings, or wannabes in your […]
Author’s note: My views in no way shape or form represent the views of my employer as a company. They are my own personal opinions and should not be associated with the company any further than by the fact that I work there and these experiences come from their employing […]
Episode 46: Schooled!: An Interview with Christa Charter, Author of Schooled: A Lexy Cooper Videogame Mystery (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode in which we talk to Christa Charter about her latest novel, her time as a community manager at XBox, and women in […]
As an avid black Friday shopper, I decided to write a post discussing my strategy for maximizing savings and minimizing frustration on black Friday. NYMG always has the best tips for which games to buy for your loved ones, and now we can be your one-stop site for everything video […]
In case you haven’t figured it out, I have a thing for video games and I have for as long as I can remember. Going all of the way back to handheld blips on a virtual (though painted on) football field that I fought over with my cousins. And now, […]
I have been waiting a long time for Assassin’s Creed III (and ACIII:Liberation, but I’ll save that for another post). I pre-ordered my copy, mapped out my gameplay time, and did the happy dance when I learned that my mother would be visiting during the release window so that Pea […]
Episode 45: All I Ever Needed to Know About History I Learned From Video Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about history and video games, more specifically Assassin’s Creed III and Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation as “historical” texts. Links of […]
As technology advances, video game developers are able to portray realism in their games much more accurately: graphics make video games look like movies, AIs interact with characters at an uncanny level, and the stories can hit closer to home than ever before. Still, some people will always look at […]