Tag: fandom

Interview with Jim Sterling

At Gaming As Women, Wundergeek interviews Jim Sterling (Destructoid / The Escapist) about sexism in game culture and Sterling’s own evolving views. “Making jokes about feminist, being ‘satirical,’ calling someone a ‘feminazi slut,’ it was all fine and dandy, because I ‘obviously’ didn’t mean it, and ‘obviously’ didn’t […]

Pondering The Red Wedding

The AV Club consider the emotional impact of Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding episode.  Gus Mustrapa considers pranks, punchlines,  Schadenfreude and the Red Wedding: “This weekend a booby-trap three years in the making was sprung. Millions of TV viewers watching A Game of Thrones took the proverbial blow. A […]

Writers and Readers

“I write because writing is necessary to me. I don’t do it for the money, or the fame, or the readers (although readers are great). I write because I want to, because I need to, and as such, readers’ opinions, welcome as they always are, won’t change a […]