Tag: Anita Sarkeesian
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Here come the New Atheists
“If you want to prove people you can be good without God, then look in the mirror and start with yourself” Love Jamie Kilstein and his diatribes against the new breed of Dawkins atheists (usually in my experience Men’s Rights #gamergate 4chan dweebs, conspiracy types and general nutjobs). It needs to be said, you can’t…
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Internet famous and expectations of fame
Love this video by Innuendo Studios analysing one case of ‘internet fame’ and meltdown, specifically Phil Fish who made Fez. The irony is all the people in the comments who haven’t actually watched the video, or missed the point completely and come to grumble about a few ‘internet famous’ people. Clue: the video is not…
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Tropes vs Women in Video Games Part one
Great to see this finally arrive – Anita Sarkeesian’s series about the portrayal of women in video games. Great use of Kickstarter, and also interesting how it revealed some very odd reactions amongst the male game-playing public, as some shibboleth was being challenged. I would love to see more gender (and orientation, OMG imagine a…