Power Hour Reviews are a new weekly 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 […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
220 posts
What does it mean to be a gamer? This is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. It’s one we’ve talked about here, since, as women, our “gamer cred” is often questioned, but when I ask what it means to be a gamer, I don’t mean hardcore gaming. […]
Ok, so this blog starts to get a little fancy-pantsy (AKA: academicy). So bear with me. So what does it mean to be an assemblage? As many of you may know, assemblages as a term is popular in OOO and in Latour’s writing. But you also may know, I have […]
For years women in business have been battling what is called the “Boy’s Club;” an ideal that places men above women in the hierarchy of who is more able to conduct business in the business world (an ideal that is dialogued pretty heavily in the television series Mad Men). There […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new weekly 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. […]
Episode 60: Redeemed by the Blood: The One Drop Redemption Rule for Minority Protagonists (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about race in video game characters and discuss the possibility of the existence of the one drop redemption rule in character […]
To what degree is idealization removed from the definition of objectification? Where should the line be drawn when it comes to acknowledging unrealistic character designs of both genders as the norm and exposing harmful depictions of women? In my growing experience of researching and analyzing female representation in video games, […]
(This is the first in a series of posts I am doing working with the theories of scholar and author Katie King. These are going to be a lead up to a special treat we have lined up for y’all in September. Next week will be looking at several video […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new weekly 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 […]
As gamers and consumers we have a certain amount of power. Power that we don’t seem to realize and power that we don’t readily and regularly use. We have economic power. We have the power to throw our support behind a title, a developer, a company…or not. I for one […]
Phil Fish is struggling under the burden of criticism and the malicious conduct of the gaming community. The indie creator who was responsible for the puzzle game Fez, which was created and released after a string of unfortunate and strenuous circumstances, has raised quite a commotion within the gaming industry […]
WARNING: This post will be somewhat spoilery, if you haven’t finished Bioshock Infinite and don’t want to ruin the ending, stop reading! Today Irrational Games spiced up the release of the first DLC for Infinite, Clash in the Clouds, by showing players a teaser trailer for the first of a two part […]
This week, I wanted to continue my exploration of The Last of Us, with a little dash of something I didn’t get to talk about: The Walking Dead’s 400 Days DLC. As I played through 400 Days, I found myself thinking a great deal about my choices and what impact they would […]
I’m currently sitting here at a coffee shop with Sam, and I realized I hadn’t put up my post for this week. As I tried to think about what I should talk about, I found that I could only think about one thing: Don’t Starve, the indie game I’ve been […]
Episode 59: “Vag Up”: On the Strength of Women in Game(s) (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about our favorite female protagonists and what the difficulty of these choices means for the games industry. This episode was recorded (mostly) in person […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done a play with your kids post because not much has changed in these parts. We are still doing a second play through of Ni No Kuni and spending far too much precious gaming time on Animal Crossing: New Leaf…both Pea and I. And […]