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Dismantling The Default: Homophobia, Feminity, Misogyny and The Default in The Gaming “Community””

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Sidney Fussell

For a community of outcasts screaming for mainstream legitimacy, the gaming world is remarkably exclusionary: especially towards women and queer gamers. From the aggressively inarticulate teenagers on headsets to the famously putrid comment sections across the gaming blogosphere, homophobia runs … Continue reading →

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John Hemingway Must Die!

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Cohen Edenfield

Cohen Edenfield John Hemingway, a Gearbox developer working on Borderlands 2, referred to the Mechromancer’s “Best Friends Forever” skill tree, one aimed towards casual inclusion, as the “girlfriend skill tree” when speaking with Eurogamer. People took this quote, changed it … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Conversation | Tagged , Borderlands , , casual sexism , Duke Nukem Forever , , , Girlfriend Mode , , , Look At Me I'm Dancing and Super Fucking Annoying , , , Randy Pitchford , , social progress , , | 12 Comments