Tag Archives: Video game

Presentation at The Pacific Sociological Association’s Annual Conference

Posted on March 23, 2019 by

I’ll be presenting my research “No Skin=No Skill: Reproduction of Toxic Masculinity and Capitalist Hierarchy in Free-To-Play Battle Royale Video Games” at the Pacific Sociological Association’s annual conference on March 29th in Oakland, CA. I’m excited to meet with other … Continue reading →

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BBC’s The Women Challenging Sexism in E-Sports

Posted on November 21, 2016 by

A quick one to share today: Apart of their 100 Women of 2016 series, a series of videos and articles about influential women in varying industries, the BBC has put together a video and accompanying piece about women in the … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Man Vs. Snake

Posted on October 10, 2016 by

I had the chance to watch Man Vs. Snake, now streaming on Netflix, which tells the tale of the Nibbler world record holder. Like King of Kong before it, the movie  delves deep into the community of world-record arcade gaming … Continue reading →

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This Day in Gaming History: Nintendo’s Legend

Posted on February 20, 2016 by

30 years ago on February 21st 1986, The Legend of Zelda released on the Nintendo Famicom Disk System in Japan. This original title in the long running Legend of Zelda franchise has had tremendous effect on shaping our modern day gaming … Continue reading →

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FBI Releases Anti-ISIS Propaganda Video Game

Posted on February 12, 2016 by

There’s been a lot of strange games released for all sorts of peculiar reasons: PETA’s anti-Animal Abuse Pokemon game and Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015 come to mind as two particularly strange games with questionable motives. However, these games  fail in … Continue reading →

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Square Enix Teams With Pacer to Stop Bullying

Posted on January 14, 2016 by

Square Enix announced a partnership with the Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) to enact an anti-bullying initiative.  Starting on January 13th, Square Enix will donate towards PACER’s national Bullying Prevention Center for every tweet of #EveryDayHeroes they receive this … Continue reading →

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Report on the Status of Teens’ Use of Technology in Social Life

Posted on August 17, 2015 by

The PEW Research Group has recently released their 2nd  of 3 reports on “Teens, Technology &  Friendships”. PEW, which describes themselves as  “a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world”, … Continue reading →

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Operation Supply Drop: A Charity Making A Difference Through Games

Posted on July 28, 2015 by

A quick one today about Operation Supply Drop, a charity organization that is changing the lives of veterans and currently serving men and women in arms. Before I write anything I should note that Venturebeat has a great piece about how … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunding and Shenmue 3: Where We Are and What It Means

Posted on June 26, 2015 by

A couple years back I wrote an article about how Crowdfunding was increasingly a route for independent developers to use to jump start and create their passion products. I asked the question as to when we would see bigger developers … Continue reading →

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Video Games Being Used in New Medical Practices

Posted on February 8, 2015 by

It’s an interesting world we live in, one in which video games are constantly finding new ways to infiltrate our daily lives. We’ve already seen school utilizing video games for teaching purposes, and even video games serving as parts of … Continue reading →

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