What To Make Of A Study About Gaming And Sexism
A recent multi-year study of German gamers might cast doubt on the idea that sexist content in video games can affect…
How Anita Sarkeesian Wants Video Games To Change
Minutes after I walked through a metal detector—and some time before she was flocked by well-wishers at the…
Bomb Threat Targeted Anita Sarkeesian, Gaming Awards Last March
An anonymous e-mailer threatened to blow up a bomb at the Game Developers Choice Awards this past March unless the…
Critic Argues That Game Culture Is For Guys
A cultural critic who regularly critiques modern feminists is weighing in on the ongoing debate about women in games…
She Was Harassed By A Games Reporter. Now She's Speaking Out.
Alice Mercier isn't the real name of the games industry veteran that reporter Josh Mattingly harassed on Facebook. She…
Grand Theft Auto V and Women
If you're driving north, up the west coast of Grand Theft Auto V, as I did in the 40th hour I was playing the game, you…
Why Female Soldiers Were Finally Added to Call of Duty's Multiplayer
There is no great suffrage movement to credit for finally enabling players of the world's most popular first-person…
A Game Creator's Argument For Only Letting You Play As A Boy
From what I've seen of it, The Puppeteer is a delightful upcoming PlayStation 3 game starring a boy in a cartoon play.…
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Damsel In Distress
Shigeru Miyamoto made Donkey Kong, and, in the process, put a woman on top of some girders for Mario to rescue. His Supe…
She's Sexy. Now Kill Her?
I like God of War: Ascension. It's a violent video game. I've got nothing against that.