Top 10 Best Non-Violent iPhone Games

December 14, 2011

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 …

Bayonetta: Innovative Advertising or Sexual Harassment Training?

May 18, 2010

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.  …

The First Canadian Video Game Awards

May 6, 2010

Yesterday may have been the first Canadian Video Game Awards but I doubt they are the first instance of overt sexism in the Canadian video game industry. Last night I attended the first Canadian video game awards and minus the bad dialogue, the sexist jokes and the glorified “booth babes” as stage candy …

WAM! 2010 Video and Playlist

March 26, 2010

I had such a fantastic time presenting at Women, Action and Media (WAM) in Los Angeles on March 25th, 2010.  I curated a show of online videos including remixes, vlogs, vids and short documentaries made by women.  Staying true with WAM’s mission, these videos represent women taking action through media to talk about issues …

Remix: Too Many Dicks

March 23, 2010

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This remix was inspired by Sloane’s “Star Trek Dance Floor”

It is no secret that most video games star overly muscular men often carrying big swords, guns, …