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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.

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

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

September 2

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Conventions

PAX: ArenaNet/Guild Wars Party
Nerd Overload

Hasselneuss? Hasselhoff? You Decide: German Games Convention 2007!!!!

The Girl Gamer Invades Microsoft’s X07 this Tuesday!
Microsoft’s X’07: Games + Open Bar + Blackout = Best First Event Ever

Gender Roles

Femininity: Whose Problem is It?

Gaming Communities

Shortie

Games Media Award Nominees for Best Non-Commercial Site All Contain Ads
I’ve been nominated!

A Look into the Industry’s Perception of “Girl Games”

Character Related

The Scale of RPG Heroines III

Game Specific

City of Heros

I Love My Deadite
Games and Gender Rant of the Day
[Gamer Nuns FTW!]
Disaster Area
… O_O

A favor from players of WoW, FFXI, GW, and CoH/CoV

Suffer the Little Children: Ethics in BioShock
Little Sister, Who’s Your Big Daddy?

Trailer Tuesday: And now we have games

Persona 3: First Impressions

Steal Away Jordan: an RPG Set in the American Slave South

Oblivo-Stats

Advertising

Wii Like to Party!!!

Sex and Sexuality

‘OMG, That Woman I Had Cybersex with Is Really a Man!’

Arts and Crafts

Show Your Inner Geek With NES Necklace

Etsy snacking

August 25

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Saturday, August 25th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Life Gamers

Disney Pursuing Girl Gamers

Costume/Design Related

Krazy japanese SL outfits

Oh Mii, Oh My.

The art of Rapture

Conventions

GC ’07: Gender divide carries over to gaming

Hardly Chivalrous

GCDC Panel Tackles Women In Games
PAX: ArenaNet/Guild Wars Booth
2007 Super Fans Announced
O HAI IM ON THE INTERNETS
PAX: Girls, Games, and the Growing Role of Women in the Game Industry

Arse Elektronika: Sex & Technology Conference

Web Comics

“Anything for You”
Amber Smish

Gaming Communities

Women driving ‘casual game’ boom

Aggravating Encounters with Teens and a Moron

New Article in This Week’s Escapist

Women and Raiding [Ravven's Glass]
Women and Raiding [Ten Ton Hammer]

Character Related

The Scale of RPG Heroines II

The Virgin With Green Hair

Gender Roles

Vaginas and Video Games

Discussion Topic – Cross-playing

Game Specific

Countdown to Corruption
Metroid Prime 3 Advertisement

Ravven in Retirement

I Don’t WANT to know what you’re really like!
Me? Rude?
What?? Not a Blood Elf?

Leigh Alexander Explores Little Girls in Horror
The Aberrant Gamer: ‘Suffer the Little Children’
Hey ‘Little Sister,’ Shotgun
Would you kill ‘Little Sisters’? Quincy company challenges taboos with game violence
First-Person Shooter BioShock Owes More to Ayn Rand Than Doom
BioShock’s Little Sister Killing Gets Mainstream Attention
Creepy Moral Dilemmas Make BioShock a Sophisticated Shooter

Metal Gear Solid 4′s Bosses Are Women?!?!

Settler’s VI explains women

Trailer Tuesday: “Sab-O-Tage!”

You get two guesses as to why she’s crying
Soul Calibur Gets Well(er) Endowed
New Item: Breasts of Jiggling +5

Sex and Sexuality

Interview With Mia Rose
Goblins Piss Off Porn Starlet
But We’ll Always Have Tarren Mill
Whorecraft Starlet Kicked From WoW

Porn Stars with Guns and First-Person Blow Jobs
First-Person (Shooter) Porn

Costikyan on the Bra Controller
Wanna Play Pong, Sugar?

Miscellaneous

See ‘King of Kong’ for the Glory, the Cleavage

August 11

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Saturday, August 11th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Conventions

Hell Hath Frozeneth Overeth: Rise of the Lich King / Square Enix “High-End Collectibles” and PICS!

The BlizzCon Costume Contest Winner

Real Live Gamers

OGH Gives Overlord a Tongue-Lashing

Real Life Impact

One Year at Work

Gaming Communities

All Your Guitar Rooms Are Belong To Us

Cerise August 2007

Space Invaders Against Sexism

Harassment

A Point We Keep Coming Back To
Hate Crime? GayGamer Site Hit By DoS Attack [Game Politics]
Hate Crime? GayGamer Site Hit By DoS Attack [Killer Betties]
Fanbois: On notice
Homophobia Attacks, GayGamer Rebounds
Gay Gamer Back Up After Weekend Attack
GayGamer Target of Hate Crime

Women Gamers reports on harrassment on XBox Live

Character Related

Creator Q&A: Gail Simone, again
Writer Simone Talks Pre-Teen Raider

Kasumi Emerges VIctorious From G-Phoria Awards

Healers: A Female Dominated Profession
The Scale of RPG Heroines

I have a crush.

Arts & Crafts

HUGE etsy rummage..
Mario Brothers Crafts

Gender Roles

Imagine: The Truth
Ubi Says: “Them’s Woman’s Work!”
Ubisoft Puts Women In Their Place

Game Specific

Casual Game of the Week: ‘Wedding Dash’ Review (PC)

What’s That Face Training Game Like?

Live Action Jeanne d’arc

Cooking Mama 2 In Early 2008

BarbieGirls Blurs the Boundaries

Onsei Kanjou Sokuteiki: Kokoro Scan … where nipples become bears

Trailer Tuesday!

The Making Of Heavenly Sword
Heavenly Sword, The Animated Series
Itagaki Scoffs at Heavenly Sword

New WiiWare – Metroid Prime 3 Preview
Metroid Prime 3 Bridge Battle Video
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Preview Rolling onto Wiis
Metroid Retrospective Part 3

Xenosaga Anime Kicks Off This Month

Sex and Sexuality

City of Heroes Hosts Virtual Gay Prom [Wired]
‘City of Heroes’ Hosts Virtual Gay Prom [MP Daily Fix]
“City of Heroes” champions virtual queer prom [NWS ad on page]

Building A Better RPG: Let’s Make Babies!
Speaking of breeding games…
The PS3 Breeding RPG [NWS]

Raising Cybersex from the Gutter
Webcam Tips from Boinkology.com

Hot Shots Golf 5 Upskirt Money Shots

Dork Pillows with Humps

Nintendo, Capcom Employee Porn?

Celebrity Related

Fan Made Bjork Video

July 28

Posted in Old posts by Guest Blogger on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 Comments Off
Archived by 100littledolls

Real Life Impact

Mitt Romney thinks you’re a child, and as such, you should be pregnant.

Casual gaming girl power; overall boys rule console market

Study: Racing games may spur risky driving

AOL Games/ ALL You Magazine To Host Gamer Boot Camp for Moms

Tragedy is in the Details: The Death of Theresa Duncan
A Turn of Phrase? [tangential]
Two Artists, One Suicide, the Other Missing

Conventions

Game Gay at Gaylaxicon

Real Live Gamers

Childhood Memories of Being a Female Gamer (Installment 1)

Ask a Doll!

Gaming Communities

Does Voice Chat Kill the Mood?

New Geek Girls Rule!

Costume/Design Related

SXSW: Virtual Worlds and Virtual Humans: NPCs and Avatars

GET! is 9th Most Popular, Rachel Hairstyles
VF5 360 costume boost + RRXX extras

Advertising

This is Living’ toilet girl helps flush PAL PS3 sales

Character Related

Lara Croft Opens Italy’s First Women-Only Beach?

Didn’t I Already write this post?

Race and Player Character

Celebrity Related

It’s a Geek Thing: Martha Gets Wired
Martha Stewart Bakes the Wii
Martha Stewart Gets Cooking With Wii

See Nicole Kidman In Hot DS Action
Nicole Kidman Wants Your Brain…But Not You
Nicole Kidman brain training [digg]
Nintendo Kidman
Nicole Kidman the new face of Nintendo … Wait, what? [digg]
Nintendo DS News | Nicole Kidman Signs for Brain Training Adverts [digg]
Nicole Kidman is new face of Nintendo [digg]
Kidman is new face of Nintendo

Beyonce Dress up [digg]
Beyonce Dress up

Gender Roles

Friday Open Thread: Gender Benders

Game Specific

WoW Related
When does it pay to be female in WoW?
Being a Female Gamer for Profit….or why do I get so many presents?
What WoW looks like: A Few Pictures
Introduction or Why I Am Writing This Blog
Women and World of Warcraft
Women and World of Warcraft: Do Real Women Play World of Warcraft?
Fashion
gendered armour
The Other Side
Domestic bliss
Digg consensus says WoW won’t help you score a lover
Multi-boxing Couple Has 47 PCs Set Up to Play WoW
31 Year-Old WoW Player Arrested for Attempted Kidnapping
Nude World of Warcraft – Crazy Sexy Video [digg]
World of Warcraft nude code
Jame vs Joana: Which is the better Horde Leveling Guide? [digg]
Jame vs Joana: Which is the better Horde Leveling Guide?

Female artist creates and roleplays in awesome cyborg avatar (with screens) [digg]
All about my avatar: Kazuhiro Aridian

Be-Bratz VW

Train Your Face In Minutes A Day…With Your DS!

Zelda in Smash Bros Brawl [digg]
Zelda in Smash Bros Brawl

Hands-on impressions and English screens of Eternal Sonata

Avalanche Press Pinup

Sexy Lara on your mobile phone [digg]
Tomb Raider breaks the Mould for Mobile Phone Games

Battle of the FPS Titans: Samus vs. Master Chief
Jubilations for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Samus Doesn’t Like Group Action, Provides Hot Solo Pics
Metroid Prime 3 Details

Le Footage De Jeanne D’Arc!

Video: Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! Gives Me the Creeps

City of Villains

Soul Calibur IV Revealed!

Game name stereotypes [tangential]

Hooray! More Men In Tights!

Drag Queens Bust Out in Bust-A-Groove: Dance Summit 2001

Utopia Hidden Underground: Another Look At ‘Second Life’

Dear Sony: Hear My Prayer! The Ultimate Videogame Is At Hand!!!!!

Sailor Moon game on Wii [digg]
Sailor Moon Wii

Online Flash Games
Polly Pickup Party [digg]
Polly Pickup Party
Dark brown eyes [digg]
Girls Makeover >> Dark brown eyes
Girl In Shop 02 [digg]
Girl In Shop 02
Goth Dress Up [digg]
Goth Dress Up
Cool web game! Bridezillas Bridal Hurdles [digg]
Bridezillas Bridal Hurdles (2007)
Cutie Dress Up Games [digg]
Cutie Dress Up Games
Tickle the Girl [digg]
Tickle The Girl

Arts & Crafts

Super Mario needlepoint
Geek Craft: Super Mario Needlepoint Scene

Sex and Sexuality

Porn
Phil Harrison Discusses Porn On The PS3

Rock Out, Exotic Dancer Style

Describe Your Sex life with one word from WoW (funny off forums) [digg]
Describe your sexlife with a word in WoW

Playboy Comes to Second Life

Tribute To Great Breasts In Videogames

Naughty But Nice Naked Nintendo Bathtub Boys

X-Play Takes On Gays In Gaming Admirably

The 10 Real Reasons Geeks Make Better Lovers

Top 10 Gayest Tabletop Characters: #2 Elric of Melniboné
New Gay Game Character Discovered!

Miscellaneous

Outrageous Richard Bartle Quotes Over The Years

Who needs Wii? Play dress up with Shigeru Miyamoto

Enough Amazing Video Game Bosses to Guarantee That You’ll Never Get Laid [digg]
Enough Amazing Bosses to Guarantee That You’ll Never Get Laid