Here is my Top 10 List of favourite non violent video games for the iPhone.  I compiled this list because, while there is a huge variety of different types of video games, the testosterone driven, shoot em up style tends to dominate discussions about “serious gaming” and can feel exclusionary and alienating to a …

Filed under: Video Games
Tags: Angry Birds, Apple, Arkham City, Bayonetta, Bumpy Road, Contre Jour, Cut the Rope, Drop7, Duke Nukem, Edge Extended, first person shooter, Flight Control, Gaming, Gears of War, Groove Coaster, iOS, iPhone, Ipod, Ipod Touch, Mobile Device, Plants vs. Zombies, Tiny Wings, Video Games, Whale Trail, World of Goo

Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium

The widely popular video game Bayonetta has had an advertising campaign that matches the on screen sexism of the game itself.  In Tokyo a large billboard in the subway invited passersby to literally strip off  flyers to reveal Bayonetta naked underneath.  …

Filed under: Advertising
Tags: Advertising, Bayonetta, Bitch Magazine, Harassment, Playstation 3, Public Transportation, Sexism, Street Harassment, Video Games, xbox 360