At GenCon this year, Simon Rogers asked if I was interested in writing an article about sexism in gaming for a new issue of See Page XX. Sexism in gaming is a pretty huge topic, and I wound up taking a pretty narrow focus for the article. Initially, however, while I was trying to determine what direction to take the article, I amassed a pretty impressive list of links that I wanted to organize and make public.
So! Keep your eyes peeled for the new issue of See Page XX. But in the mean time, here's some food for thought:
Detailed Analysis of 300ish Covers of Dragon Magazine
Part One of Seven (links to subsequent posts)
Response from Editor of Dragon Magazine
The Infamous Quote By Jonathan Tweet About Evolutionary Psychology and Gaming
John Kim's LiveJournal entry with the offending paragraph (the original post has been removed)
A scientifically-minded response to Tweet that blows him out of the water: Gaming is Not a Genetic Trait, Part 1 and Part 2
Holy Shit, What the F*ck is Gamecrush.com??
GameCrush.com: Find a play date
Explanation of GameCrush.com's business model
Gallery of Porn-tacular GameCrush profile pics (now with horrid comments!)
Sexual Harassment in Gaming (I can't believe this needs sub-headings)
Jade Raymond (Assassin's Creed) v. Something Awful
Detailed explanation of chronology of harassment of Jade Raymond
Ubisoft's legal response and SA's response
Horrific "she had it coming" response
Another awful "she had it coming"
Another "she had it coming" with actual comic excerpt (NSFW)
The full comic (NSFW. Warning: It's pretty horrific.)
Completely remorseless response by the comic's creator
"Where's Jade?" forum thread afterward
StarCraft II forum harassment
Summary of harassment incident on Team Liquid's StarCraft II forum
The actual thread (you have to be logged in to view)
EA Fail: Sexual harassment as a promotion
EA puts a sexual bounty on its booth babes' heads
Good critique of dangers of this promotion
"She had it coming" and rebuttal
Guy who won a prize and declined it
EA's "apology" - since retracted
EA Fail link roundup
Sexism in World of Warcraft
Awesome, awesome, awesome article about sexism in WoW
WoW Lore breakdown
Claims of "reverse sexism" and forum comments by female anti-feminist
"Deal with it or don't play WoW"
Trying (and failing) to have a conversation about sexism in gaming
Sexism in Game Ads
Video games as women that beat you
Discover the luscious hills and valleys of Rappelz (and here, and here)(Maybe NSFW)
Awesome chronology of Evony ads
Evony sues blogger for defamation over criticism of ads
Amazing Evony ad spoofs
Most sexist game ads
Relevant Forum Threads
StoryGames: Is Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress sexist or not?
StoryGames: Sex with chainsaws? Not sexist? Really? (start with post #4)
StoryGames: Racism (and sexism to a lesser extent) in the 4E PHB (turns into a bit of a shoutfest)
StoryGames: Gender and gaming
StoryGames: Why don't women play roleplaying games? (actually quite positive)
StoryGames: What do you want to know about minorities in roleplaying games? (not all that useful)
StoryGames: Maid RPG (quickly devolves into uselessness)
D&D: Gender violence in gaming (absolutely horrific)
Statistics
Nick Yee: WoW demographics - 2005
Men v. women in app gaming
Women outnumber men in online games
EQII demographics
Numbers of women in gaming
Women in game development
Sexism in game development
Facebook gets women into game development
100 most influential women in game development
Miscellaneous Articles
BBC: Female Everquest avatars sell for less than male avatars
Female characters in video games are designed to appeal to men
Sexism at E3
Excellent Breakdown of the fiasco at the PAX East Women in Gaming panel
Collectible porn cards in The Witcher
Frag Dolls
How D&D started a forum FOR women in gaming, closed it, and started another one to talk ABOUT women in gaming.
Female apologist for sexism and rebuttal
Derailing for Dummies
The One Girl in RPG comics
Are D&D encounters sexist?
Sex scenes in games
Terrible article, but good photoset
Converting chainmail bikinis to fully-clothed avatars that are still sexy
Careers for girls
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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4 comments:
Hi Anna,
Thanks for the wonderful collection of links, including my BNet column on GameCrush. I spent some time discussing the treatment of (virtual) women in my 2008 book "Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Our Culture". I'm happy to see the conversation is still flourishing.
Thanks for links. They're excellent.
I don't agree that Gaming Is Not A Genetic Trait is as well-argued or scientific as you think.
It's a shame, because Jonathan Tweet's views could really do with some good criticism.
Hi Anna--
Thank you for the link collection.
I think your "Are D&D Encounters Sexist?" link is mistargeted, tho.
Adding the whole Penny Arcade rape culture profiteering on a t-shirt
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