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Tag Archives: gender
de Castell and Bryson on utopia
So our argument is for disenchantment, and for the abandonment of a utopian landscape of desire that has never been anything but entrapment. Suzanne de Castell and Mary Bryson “Retooling Play: Dystopia, Dysphoria, and Difference”
Posted in Quote Time
Tagged gender, mary bryson, queer, suzanne de castell, video games
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On Dys4ia and Lim
Anna Anthropy’s Dys4ia and Merritt Kopas’ Lim are the two best games that I have played in the past year. Of course, in the land of video game words, what does that mean? Is it the best game I have played in … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged anna anthropy, dys4ia, gender, merritt kopas, rise of the videogame zinesters, subjectivity
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Current Times 22
1. This is a great story about an owl who helped raise a number of other animals in an animal sanctuary. I think it says something about the ability for animals to care for one another, and more importantly, it … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Current Times
Tagged animals, comics, david lynch, gender, science fiction
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On Transformers
I have a much longer post in me about the Transformers series of films and what they mean, but I’m waiting until the third movie comes out to unleash that. Instead, here’s a paper I wrote last week about the … Continue reading