Category — *Gaming

An Anti-Racist Historian Reflects on Gaming

Maria

Awhile ago, a friend of mine asked if I wanted to join their Harry Potter RPG. I was a bit wary of the RPG aspect — don’t those involve math? And nerd-boys? I hate math. And nerd-boys. But — I …

November 27, 2007   9 Comments

Game Marketing: Giving the Audience What it Wants

Jennifer Kesler

While Ifritah (who normally covers the crazy world of gaming for us) takes a hiatus from posting, I was lucky enough to run across some interesting stuff about gaming.

Sensing the potential for higher profits, Nintendo is expanding …

September 17, 2006   13 Comments

Easy Mode Is For Girls

I’ve been dabbling with the original Resident Evil Playstation game. You get to choose between two characters and there are three modes you can select from (easy, normal, hard). Starting out with Jill Valentine, I didn’t notice anything …

July 9, 2006   20 Comments

Short Skirt and Ample Bosom: Check. I’m Ready to Kick Some Ass!

I started the video game Haunting Ground this weekend with a couple of my buddies.   It’s one of those “˜explore and hide when in danger’ sort of games.   You play Fiona, a young girl who finds herself in …

June 11, 2006   4 Comments

Azeroth - Males Still Aren’t Pretty.

While making alts (alternative characters) on World of Warcraft (WoW) with my male roommate, an interesting thing was said that made me pause for a second.

We were going to make Night Elves. When we entered the game and tried …

February 28, 2006   20 Comments