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How Much For Ze Little Girl?: Women as DLC
If you want to play as a female character, you often have to wait and / or pay for the opportunity. Continue reading
GamerGate: It’s All About Zoe Quinn
A look at trending issues around GamerGate. SPOILER: Zoe Quinn is the focus, not gaming journalism. Continue reading
The Trade-Off For Female Pro-Gaming: Visibility versus Meritocracy
I want to see equitable treatment of men and women in the gaming scene. Unfortunately I don’t think puting male and female pro-gamers in the same open-for-all tournament structure is going to help achieve this. Continue reading
The Anita Sarkeesian Troll Bingo Card
It’s a game that no-one should play. Continue reading
Hitman: Absolution – Oh, When The Saints…
Htiman: Absolution attracted a lot of negative attention for its depiction of the sexy nun Saints being violently murdered in a trailer. Did the game itself actually treat them any better? Continue reading
Lara Croft and The Creepy Destructoid; Or A Gaming Culture Time Capsule
A Destructoid article on what the author would like to do to a statue of Lara Croft is just the tip of the female-unfriendly iceberg in the site’s past. You probably shouldn’t read this at work, just in case. Continue reading
Dead Island – Riptide: De Rigeur Mortis Marketing
The Zombie Bait pack makes zombies of us all. As a safety warning, the following post contains a statue of a dismembered woman from various angles and a little bit of adult language. Continue reading
2012: Your Year in Gaming Misogyny
In 2011 it looked a little bit like the gap in attitudes about women in gaming had started to close. Thank god 2012 came along and showed that the No Girls Allowed Club was still alive and kicking in video games. Continue reading
The Witcher 2: No Sex Please, We’re Elvish
Just in case: ***PLOT SPOILERS*** for The Witcher 2 follow. If you haven’t played this title and like action RPGs, you really should. Continue reading
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