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23 August

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Comments Off
Archived by merrua

Computer Games
Ashley’s really not that bad
At this rate, there won’t be any games left for me to play
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
I may have to stop buying PC games
Crecente fights the boy’s club of gaming… ORLY?
Who’s the butt of the joke?
For male gamers and readers, something embarrassing
Here’s a noosey-noose to go with your Klan robe
Japanese women are the biggest users of Wii and DS… ORLY?
Debunking rumours: Chinese MMO’s anti-genderbending policy
Well, that was an expensive mistake [My Voodoo, Part 4]

Gender roles
White gaming knight
What Men Can Do Wednesday: Avoid Being the Hero

Video games industry
Market to Me: Marketing Consoles
Melissa Batten’s death
The power of indifference

Rpg Cons
Something good from something bad

Feminism
Feminists are fine with being bigots if it’s just ableism
More on harassment on the internet
Give that man a cookie, er, Klondike!”

Comics
Stephanie gets her due

Videos
Male gaze, what male gaze?

Gaming
Interviewed one of the co-founders of LesbianGamers.com
Guitar-ing and Racing
Positives of Women-Oriented Gaming Communities
Ex-ArenaNet Employee Claims that ANet Works with Gold Farmers
Oh…Oh They’re Good
Link roundup: more on film industry’s reluctance to promote female characters
(Wo)Man’s Best Friend: Fable 2
Cover Girls: Game Covers Women Want To See
One Man’s Idol Is Another Man’s Eye Candy
Mark Jacobs to EA: “BTW Your Tea Is Floating In The Harbor, Bitches”
No Comment: Gears of War more Girlfriend-Friendly????

Characters
I’m Not There: How to Write a Good Female Character We Rarely See
The myth of the woman who craves abuse
Why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test

MORPGS
Vexation with guildwars

Comics and Movies
Hawkgirl with spoilers
Hellboy with spoilers
Wall-E: The Gender-fication of Robots
Why discriminate if it doesn’t profit?

TRPGs
Spoiler Alert: Top 11 D&D 4th Edition Revelations

Humor/OMG
Fly-by: Feminist Humor Kudos, plus a little narcissism
OMFG
It’s all in the fine print.

January 11

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Friday, January 11th, 2008 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Conventions

CA-ing @ GDC 2008
This Just in: First ever “Person of gender” to be included in GDC Game Design Challenge

Conferences

Women Who Tech Telesummit announced

Gaming in Academia

Celia Pearce on Ludica research in Game Daily

Ludica Interview on Gender & Games 12/28/07

Gender Roles

‘On this one I have no Clue’

Character Related

Inevitable Femininity

Kings and Queens

Game Specific

Fire Emblem: Goddess of Radiant Dawn First Impressions

Ophelia’s top ten “hottest male avatars” in SL

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Sets you on fire …sets you on fire like a girl!

BioShock by way of Objectivism (a review + bonus rant)

A Strictly Female Affliction

Retro Rail Shootin’ with Resident Evil

Mobile MMORPG for Japanese Girls

Harassment

The Jade Debate

Gaming Communities

Cerise!

Call for debaters: debating femininity in games

William gets a cookie. His commenters, not so much

XBOX’s ELLE on GGR

Celebrity Related

Wii thoughts for a slow Monday morning
QE II A Wii Fan
God Save the Queen from Nintendo

Arts & Crafts

Call for female artists in residence - Deadline is close!

Knitted companion cube

Miscellaneous

Companion Cube tee

Back from Break: January 5, 2008

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Life Impact

Shove Off, MMOG Fans– You’re Not the Future of Gaming

Gaming in Academia

Digital Culture, Play and Identity - a WoW Reader

Gaming Communities

Pronoun discussion goes slightly berserk; Gamers in internalised sexism shock

Hot girl geeks!

Tracey John’s Interviews with Women in Games

Introduction to Robyn Can’t Jump

2008: The Year Of The Mind Change
Gamer Revelations

I don’t think G4 is not for me just b/c I’m a woman
Attack of the Show, ugh

Inexcusable.


I’ve been hearing a lot about “WoW widows”

Harassment

Girls threatened with rape via Xbox Live service

The Trouble with Jade

Character Related

The Problem With Peaches

Name some of your favorite female video game characters

Gender Roles

Monday Quick Hits: Comics and Christmas…

White gaming knight

Game Specific

Mass Effect

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses


Dear Santa, More Girl Rock For Christmas Please

God Hand Is The New Final Fight


some reviews :)


Imagine [Insert Gender Stereotype Here]


Game of the Year - Ken Levine!

Real Live Gamers

I’m on Game Career Guide

Introduction Threads

Gaming Revolution
Hi all! I’m totally new to gaming
FINALLY! (aka, Hi!)
Newbie

November 6

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Life Impact

The privilege of attending school

Women in Games on Channel 4

Confrences

Women in Games 2008: latest themes and details
Women in Games Conference 2008

Women in Games Networking Event at London Games Festival Fringe, Tuesday October 23rd 6-9pm
London: Women in Games mixer

Cosplay

I Am The Strongest Woman In The World

Gender Roles

Reducing men to their consoles

Gaming Communities

Women in Games at XFire transcripts
Women in Games at XFire

DUH: Men play casual games too

New Cerise Issue
Cerise: Let’s Talk About Sex Baby

Character Related

Gender Switcheroo

Micro-Analysis of a Background Interaction: An Only Slightly Tongue-In-Cheek Review of Donna and William in World of Warcraft

Ashley’s really not that bad

Game Specific

TGIF

Isles is looking for a few good women and men!

Addict
it’s complicated: a game about messy lives and messy relationships

Second Life Allows Computers To Be Dicks Too

Hello Kitty World of Warcraft interface(s)

Pretty Pretty

Finally, A Video Game Just For Women

Wonderland Online MMO

You’re No Rock N’ Roll Fun
You Really Got Me

Sex and Sexuality

Answering Correctly to Multiple Choice Questions Always Gets You in Someone’s Pants

Games and Sex Ed

Arts and Crafts

New game crafts
Portal papercraft
Coupla crafty things
Fluffy bunny DS case
Plushie 360
Tetris cart clock
Mario minidress
Fuzzy Wool Donkey Kong .. and friends

October 30

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Life Impact

Nintendo Hires Two New Executives To NoA
Perrin Kaplan To Leave NoA

Conventions

More E for All! * Plus: Fran Mirabella III is a Dirty Liar and Plays Like A Girl.
An Oldie but a Goodie: TGS showfloor review (w/ Moi! >_<)!

Seattle Gamers: Come on Down!

Real Live Gamers

Hardcore Girl Gamer

Gaming Communities

Men afraid to admit they like casual gaming

Pwning n00bs for the Cure

Girls play games
Some randomness

Bad words, boobs, and free stuff!

Character Related

Coming Out of the Gaming Closet

Final Fantasy X-2 Yuna from Art FX

Game Specific

Portal: The latest, greatest women’s game?
“Portal is for Lesbians”
‘Portal’ Is for Lesbians

Casual RPGs: Kudos

Bad Feelings
On the Immorality of Gameplay
More on Sex & Gender in Bioshock

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption First Impressions

‘Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble’

Princess Bride To Find Video Ending?

My Sims, My Choice

No, not so peachy.
SmashBros.com Daily Update: Peach’s Final Smash
SmashBros.com Daily Update: Zero Suit Samus’s Special Moves

The Ultimate Test, the Cruelest of All Trials

Monster Mashup

Guitar Hero III Groupies
Your idols are whores!

Pitfalls

Mama’s back in the kitchen for Cooking Mama 2!
Not My Mama

Dead Fantasy I - Fan film coated in chocolate awesauce

Arts and Crafts

Knitting Goes Well With WoW

I Want to Hug This Xbox360, and Then I Want to Hug It Some More

My Pac Man Frame
Pixelated Creations: Geekery from Etsy.com

Sex and Sexuality

Oh, and Puppies are Totally Gay, Too

Micellaneous

“If BioWare Were a Man…”

Things That Make Me Happy on a Rainy Morning

Pink and Blue Xbox 360 Controllers

TriX and Major Nelson on Spike TV

Put On Your Game Face

October 16

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Life Impact

Japanese women are the biggest users of Wii and DS… ORLY?

UTD study reminds industry it’s ignoring a key market

Videogames help women develop spatial skills

Gaming Communities

Even when girls like games, they don’t… what?

Cerise Takes on Zombies and the Final Girl
Interview with Cerise magazine

Real Live Gamers

Halo 3 at Home
Friday Open Thread: parenting and videogames

Game Design

Congrats, tekanji!

Webcomics

The Dancing Dandelions

Character Related

Oh, the Humanity!

To Be a Hero
The Quest for Humanity

Advertising

Kane and Lynch and Babes [nsfw]

Game Specific

Eternal Sonata First Impressions

Ubisoft: Sorry about the ‘Lesbo’

Live in Purity and then Die

Faith, Creation, Resurrection
The Journey to Paradise

Sex and Sexuality

Dancing with Dorks in “Redlight Center”
“Do Hentai Games Turn You On?”
Adventures in Hentai Games: “Brave Soul” and “Absolute Obedience”
Adventures in Hentai Games: “The Sagara Family” [nsfw]
Adventures in Hentai Games: “A Drug That Makes You Dream”

October 7

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Sunday, October 7th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Live Gamers

spawn pride & joy

Yesterday I walked

Real Life Impact

gaming improves women’s spatial skills

Gaming Communities

New Blog: The Life and Times of a Video Game Design Student

Cerise: October 2007

New Counter Strike Source Girl Gamer Group

Game Design

I Am a Game School Dropout
Guilded Lily on GameCareerGuide.com
Lisa’s Story: A look into what might have been
Game School Dropout

Tekanji the video game design student
Getting into HAL
Where I started: Going from “yay games” to studying games
Game School Newbie

Advertising

Gamestop Begins Nationwide Ads for Gamers

Gender Roles

Debunking rumours: Chinese MMO’s anti-genderbending policy
No men allowed! Well… as women, that is

Game Specific

WoW Related
*sigh*
Druids 101
Mmmm, Tasty Fury
I was bored..
Double mountage!
Friday Fun or .. I’m a Clothes Whore
Those goggles…
Strategies for Oz
Just QQing about Brewfest and my Guild/Friends…
I found this on Youtube
wanna giggle?
Gotta love the geeks
Female Tauren SS Request
Gah! Goddamned boys!
The Savage Maidens are recruiting!
Epic Dolls Episode 6
In-game Voicechat
Need to Level
Haiku Friday?
Ninja fashion…
It’s the shorts! I hope…
BOYD Trolls Gone Wild
Epic Dolls Fashion Week Vid
Epic Dolls Episode 5
Cavalcade of idiocy
People sometimes say really stupid stuff.
Trying times with Void Reaver
Nice Pants.

X-posted from my personal journal

Web Comics

I saw this and thought it was pretty funny…

Arts and Crafts

i made one!

Introduction Threads

Hey :D
Hi I’m new
introductions first
Hello ladies!
Introduction
Hello!
Another intro
Yet another hello
Introduction & question about damage meters!
Intro Post

September 30

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Conventions

Major Nelson and TriXie Tokyo Death Match
Photo Album: More Tokyo Game Show

Real Life Impact

But, why would you buy a console just to play ‘Bejeweled?’ Unless…
False Dichotomy
Scared to Look

Jane Jensen Interview
The Escapist Interview: Jane Jensen

Gaming Communities

Safe Refuge for Online Female Gamers

Randomocity: XGX, WCG, Xbox.com
Trixie = “Camp Counselor, Sorority Sister, Den Mother”

Gender Roles

Shandra wants to cut down on women players
Gaming, Identity, and Sexuality
All Your Ladies Are Belong To Us
Debunking rumours: Chinese MMO’s anti-genderbending policy

Character Related

Get to know (if you must): Sheena

Sexy Bunnygirls Want to Play With You

Game Specific

Variety.com Reviews Metroid Prime 3, Fails

Vagina Dentata in the Mushroom Kingdom

you brought a ring of protection, right?

I finally did it!

Some of the Same

has anyone else read Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress?

Really fun night
Sleep

Gamercise GZ Sport

New Sims expansion: Teen Style Stuff

Arts and Crafts

Pixelated Creations: Geekery from Etsy.com
Behold my army! They are small and plastic
This 8-bit fused bead art is epic!
Mario villains scarf
Tetris earrings
Wiimote earrings
Knitted DS case - with POMPOMS!
DIY Nintendo wallet/carrycase: no sewing necessary
Baby space invader hat
DIY pixel Nintendo tees

Girl game tats

Miscellaneous

Beth Llewellyn Bails Out

September 22

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Life Impact

xfire transcript is up

Part CMXVII of Abby responding to dumbass parents

Conferences

Serious Virtual Worlds

Character Related

EQ2: Fashion Challenged

Ohayogozaimashite, Kirijou-senpai!
A Primal Love for Jen Tate
Loss, Death, and Hope: The Mothers of Metal Gear Solid 2

Gaming Communities

Sitting Down in Support of My Right To Aimlessly Do Nothing

Gender Roles

“Games for Girls” Reprinted

Game Specific

In Other News, I Re-open My WoW Account

Yay Or Nay: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

I Love Girls with Big Swords. . . Waitaminute. . .

Sex and Sexuality

State of Play: The game of love
Two articles…

Gentlemen, Prepare Your Tissues… for Hentai!

“Topless and Proud: Peeking Up the Skirt of Online Sex Work”

“Venus in Furs” Reprinted

“Girl on Girl Gaming” Reprinted

Miscellaneous

Today = A Lovely Day

September 15

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Saturday, September 15th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Conferences

WIGI’s “She Got Game” Conference

Conventions

Valerie Putman: Prose on Cons—Dragon*Con 2007

Convention Preview News: Play Container with the Co-Designer - or with Miss Canada?!

Real Live Gamers

Gaming With Toddlers: New Levels of Pwnage

Game Design

Interview with Naomi Clark, Gamelab
Women in Gaming: Naomi Clark, Gamelab

Character Related

Lulu: A Love-Hate Relationship
Get to know: Titania

On Female Leads

Gaming Communities

Awesome Tuesday’s
[Women and Raiding]

Love and Litigation
Latest Gaming Adventures

Positives of Women-Oriented Gaming Communities

Gender Roles

[The Feminine Gamer]

Webcomics

Grrr

Game Specific

Persona 3: First Impressions
Tracking down the queer content in Persona 3

Sims 2: Bon Voyage (a review)

[Girl Games = Stupid Games?]

Swing and a Miss, EA

Trailer Tuesday - My eyebrows can only go so high!

Gone Cardboard News: Two New Zombies!!! Items from Twilight Creations

Serving the Interests of Justice

Sex and Sexuality

Good Vibrations

Thats very very disturbing

Miscellaneous

I Read the Internets - 9/15/07