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Watch These People Swap Genders With Virtual Reality [NSFW]
14A lot of the most interesting applications of VR have less to do with gaming, and more to do with perceptions of self. What’s it like to see outside of your own subjective experience of body and self?
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Where Does The Myth That Only Boys Play Video Games Come From?
Where does the myth that only boys play video games come from? Polygon investigates in a fascinating report about video game history and the way games are marketed. Definitely worth a read!
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Yup, The Stuff In Games Can Hurt Men, Too
The unfortunate reality is that society has a certain impossible if not destructive ideal of masculinity that affects both men and women alike. PBS Game/Show here takes the time to talk about what some hurtful and problematic stereotypes video games present of men and it’s stuff that is definitely worth keeping in mind when we…
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Gaming’s Greatest Unsung Heroine
It would be a real shame to forget about Cate Archer. Over the past week, I’ve been replaying the spy game No One Lives Forever for the first time since it came out in 2000. I’m struck not only by how well the first-person espionage-fest holds up all these years later, but how audacious it…