Portal 2 and Feminism

In June, after the release of the Portal 2 trailer at E3 I wrote about some concerns I had reading interviews with the developers of Portal 2. Now it has been released and I have finished the main story and co-op, gone through again for the trophies and to listen to the developer commentary, so [...]

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Some thoughts on the Portal 2 trailer

So by now I am sure most have seen the Portal 2 trailer from yesterday’s E3 conference. If not, here it is. I have to admit, I am excited. It looks pretty and the first game is one of my favorite games. But there are some things that make me uneasy. The first game was [...]

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Game Covers Women Want to See

One of my favorite blogs, The Border House, is renewing a meme about game covers that women want to see. The meme encourages women to write a post about the kinds of game covers that made us want to play a game. The Border House is compiling a list of these blog posts at the [...]

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Oops! I missed Blogging Against Disablism Day

I missed the “Blogging Against Disablism Day“ on May 1, 2010, because I was still in the throws of technology failures. They are over now! Yippi! Thanks to patient partner for working on the problem for a whole two weeks. Here is a great video of my favorite song from Portal in lieu of the post [...]

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Killing: the Phallic and the Vulvic

I uploaded this video to my facebook page, and it started quite a discussion. Because the discussion began getting long for a facebook wall, I thought I would continue my thoughts here. The video (originally at Feminist Frequency): The video started a discussion about video games and gendered weaponry. I am “B” in the discussion, [...]

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