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Pub Games and Women - Jem’s Perspective
My parents took me to quite a few pubs when I was younger, but I don't remember playing any games in them because we were too busy eating crisps. I think probably my earliest memories are playing pool in pubs when I was a teenager and just hanging out.
By Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast4 years ago in Gamers
Gaming in Film and TV - Alex’s Perspective
On the topic of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies, I think the modern version has definitely taken on board the same lessons as the latest games, the most modern Tomb Raider games. They have decreased the chest size and she's fairly skinny and so it's more proportioned and the developers are obviously more self aware than in the old games.
By Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast4 years ago in Gamers
Hyper-Sexualization of Women in Gaming - Caroline’s Perspective
We’ll start off with my most egregious examples. I quite often talk about how I love playing 7 Days to Die. I shouldn't because it's a terrible game and I hate the developers in so many ways, but I do like playing the game. You get to build, you get to do whatever you like and I like those games. Creating my own house, spending time doing things and killing zombies. One of the traders that exists in this post apocalyptic world is Trader Jen and 7 Days To Die has been an alpha for about a century and the latest update came out and what did all those developers spend that time doing? They made her cans bigger and lessened the doctor aspect and it made her look more like a nurse. It's just tiresome when you're playing games as a woman to have to constantly look at this stuff.
By Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast4 years ago in Gamers
Accessibility and Disability in Gaming - Matt's Analysis
Accessibility and disability are issues that the gaming industry shares with wider society. The message that society tends to send to anyone who is not a white, cisgender, straight, white, able-bodied man with no illnesses whatsoever is that you don't belong here, that this is not a space that the belongs to you. Then we add in capitalism, which espouses that if you can't work a nine to five job then you're essentially a drain on society and you're worthless. Sometimes you can feel like a dead weight on society. It's terrible for your self-esteem. The gaming industry is not exempt. This article is about the idea of whether games give you a sense that you belong.
By Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast4 years ago in Gamers
