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Feminist Game Critic On Her Attackers: They Cast Me In The Villian’s Role
106The woman behind Feminist Frequency hasn’t been shy about sharing stories of the harassment she’s gotten while trying to create Tropes vs Women in Video Games. Anita Sarkeesian’s goal of examining how women get portrayed in video games won her lots of enemies but, according to her, they thought of themselves as heroes.
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The Crap Women In The Games Business Have To Deal With In 2012
Over the past 24 hours or so, a number of women working in the game industry (and some male colleagues) have taken to Twitter to share their stories via the hashtag #1reasonwhy. They’re not motivational tales. Instead, they’re accounts of the rampant sexism and discrimination many have faced in the past and are still facing…
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s Art Team Takes Time To Make Their Characters Look Realistically Diverse
Last week, during a visit to Firaxis to have a look at XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I had some time to talk with the game’s art director, Greg Foertsch.
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8 Impressive Girls-As-Guys Cosplays
Seasoned cosplayers, don’t slaughter me-I’m very new to cosplaying with only a few ensembles good enough to post on the Internet. …Actually, who am I kidding. If these guys can post their costumes on the Internet, I should be fine.