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  • Metro Last Light: 5 Points That Prove It’s Another Sexist Game

    Many things have been said about Metro Last Light, some positive while some negative. We’re also still in a contentious season debating the element of...

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    Damon
    by Damon
    Many things have been said about Metro Last Light, some positive while some negative. We’re also still in a contentious season debating the element of sexism in games. We covered one hotly debated topic featuring Bioshock Infinite, and now we’re questioning whether Metro Last Light features sexist elements too. Having played the game, there are...
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  • Sexism, Sarkeesian, and Games

    On Tuesday, May 28th, Anita Sarkeesian released the second part in her ongoing Feminist Frequency documentary series about women in video games.  This second episode...

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    Josh Hinke
    by Josh Hinke
    On Tuesday, May 28th, Anita Sarkeesian released the second part in her ongoing Feminist Frequency documentary series about women in video games.  This second episode was the continuation of Sarkeesian’s investigation into the narrative trope “The Damsel in Distress”.  The documentary takes an unflinching look at the role women are forced to play in video...
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  • Bioshock Infinite: 5 Points That Prove It’s Another Sexist Game

    Recent rants by Anita Sarkeesian regarding the promotion of male adolescent power fantasies within video games has reignited the concern of sexism in video games....

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    Damon
    by Damon
    Recent rants by Anita Sarkeesian regarding the promotion of male adolescent power fantasies within video games has reignited the concern of sexism in video games. While I whole-heartedly disagree with her slanted views, it was hard not to take notice of the complaints and how they come about. You can twist many things in life...
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  • Tomb Raider Continues to Prove That Sex Sells in Gaming

    The team at Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have worked hard to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise and to present Lara Croft in a new...

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    Dave Walsh
    by Dave Walsh
    The team at Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have worked hard to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise and to present Lara Croft in a new light, beyond what the character was in the past. In the past the character was a kickass wonderchick with huge breasts and oozing with sex appeal. It sold a lot...
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  • Video-Games: A Haven for sexism, or pseudo-digi-sexism

    In some ways, it’s crazy to think that women were given the right to vote in most parts of the Western world a mere 90...

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    Robert Zak
    by Robert Zak
    In some ways, it’s crazy to think that women were given the right to vote in most parts of the Western world a mere 90 or so years ago. The idea of people not being allowed to vote based on, well, just about anything is an almost laughable thought for most people of this generation....
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