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Noelle Stevenson & Amy T. Falcone Are Queering Up D&D With Their Kickass Butch Characters
“Some people don’t like how many queer characters or NPCs are in our campaign, or when either of the women on the show talk too much. Anyone feminine in our society is still expected to be quiet, subservient, and apologetic. Of course I’m not going to make myself or my character more palatable for anyone else’ sake.”
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Relevant To Your Interests: You, Too, Can Paint Minis for Gaming and Escapism
Combat the doldrums by painting tiny people and buildings!
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Long Live Zoë Quinn, The Nerd Hero We Deserve
“Over here, in our tiny corner of the internet, I want us to stand in solidarity with the witch who wouldn’t burn, the one who triumphed in her way over G-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Long Live Zoë Quinn; best of luck as she levels up.”
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Jump from Video Games to Role Playing Games with We Were W.A.S.P.
Even if you’re not a role player, We Were W.A.S.P. eases you into it—and provides a context for processing history, gender and other tough issues.
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WE ALL NEED DIVERSE GAMES: An Interview with Tanya DePass, Creator of #INeedDiverseGames
“[Being a queer woman of color gamer] affects me in wanting to see more representation for queer brown women, it informs my agenda to be seen as the hero, not just the throwaway character, first to get killed or the joke.”
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Interview: Why SXSW Cancelled a Panel on Digital Harassment and Design
Caroline Sinders chats with us about what it’s like when SXSW cancels a panel about harassment because of harassment.
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Guess My Gender by clit*IT: An Exercise in the Uncomfortable
People look at babies and read: pink = girl, blue = boy, other colors and no hairbow? Just ask! Or assume. “Oh what long eyelashes on your beautiful little girl!” Follow me into this cultural critique game and be prepared to get a little uncomfortable.
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Last Minute Game Gifts For Yourself and Others
Don’t have a gift for the gamer in your life just yet? Luckily all these games are digitally delivered, YAY PLANNING!
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GaymerX Is The Gaming Convention Made For Queers, But Important For Everyone
They had to show gamers why something like this needed to exist. More than that, they had to show the world why something like this needed to exist.
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10 iOS Games for Your Long-Distance Relationship
And other similar two/multi-player type situations, because being on different continents shouldn’t get in the way of Boggle. (Bonus! Featuring the worst drawing of Brooklyn ever, courtesy of yours truly.)
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Choose Your Character: I’m Peach, Not Mario
“I did extremely well in any video games with dating elements, like Persona 4, but virtual dating and real dating are two very different things. I could master playing as someone else, but as the old cliché of dating advice often goes, I needed to be myself.”
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WoWzer: Have We Got A Guild For You
Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled pandas, and we will give you . . . a World of Warcraft Autoguild: Horde edition.
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Anna Anthropy: Queering Video Games One Pixel at a Time
“Anthropy proves to us that video games can tell our stories as queer and trans* women. They can vent our frustrations in ways other people can experience. They can help us to communicate the things we go through in an unprecedented, interactive way.”
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A Whole New World (of Warcraft)
Ladies and gentlebois, this is my coming out: I am a proud, gay, level 85 warlock. And I am here to recruit you.
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17 Board Games You Could Be Playing Right Now and Having So Much Fun
In a world fraught with civil unions and bigoted t-shirt merchants, one ragtag team of queers will find out what it’s like when people stop being polite, and start playing Scattegories.
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It’s Cataclysm WoW Guild Go Time: Let’s Do This Thing, Autostraddle
Let’s figure out our World of Warcraft guild for Cataclysm so we’ll be ready to roll come Tuesday! Remember how you wanted to do that? Discuss within!
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Super Meat Boy Cures 99% of NES Mario Nostalgia
Okay, maybe not 99%, but this game could probably cure cancer.
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Top 5 Legend of Zelda Boss Battles: Kick Ass, Elf-Style
Who doesn’t love to kick ass? No one, that’s who! And what better way to do it than as a little green-clad elf? Your little green-clad elf costume/assault charges notwithstanding, here’s our guide to doing just that. Yes, it’s time for Kim’s fave Legend of Zelda boss fights!
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Top 5 Video Games of 2010: Zelda, World of Warcraft, Bioshock 2 and More!
What is Technostraddle looking forward to in 2010? We’ve got gaming picks from new installations to well-loved favorites. Get your controllers and your Mountain Dew cocktails (ew!) ready, it’s time to geek out as we preview what’s to come for Zelda, World of Warcraft and more!