Feminist Frequency‘s Anita Sarkeesian set up a Kickstarter for her project, “Women vs. Video Game Tropes” and received a hateful response. Rock Paper Shotgun, The Escapist and Think Progress have more. The Mary-Sue theorizes on what can be done. Jezebel and Slate have pieces on how depressingly common […]
John Scalzi and Dr. NerdLove use gaming to understand being a guy in the real world. In writing about “straight white male” as the lowest difficulty setting in life, Scalzi builds on a Luke McKinney article in Cracked. Dr. NerdLove is a little less explicitly game-centric in his […]
You can play Wolfenstein 3D online–and listen to director commentary–for free.
This weekend’s the Toronto Comic Arts Fair plus the Pulp Show and Sale at Lillian H. Smith. Visit both and our friends from The Hand Eye Society at TCAF’s TIFF Nexus Comics vs. Games (trailer here). Hooray for the Toronto Public Library!
An armorer has some suggestions about balancing functionality, character and story in “fantasy armor and lady bits.”
7 Japanese women responsible for “some of the greatest games ever to ever grace the store shelves.”
Find t-shirts, mugs, totes and more at our new Guttermart location at Teepublic!
The Cultural Gutter 