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When I told colleagues that I was going to do some writing about problematic enemies in games, one of the enemies that came up was the Desire Demon in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II. While I don't disagree - the Desire Demon is a pretty blatant example of 1. the expectation that all... Continue Reading →
[...] The symbol of the monster, the abject, exists to embody and assuage our fears of the natural and unruly body. In order to maintain the current social order, which privileges the intellectual and social over the emotional and biological, fat bodies must become monstrous. They are failures. They are the abnormal that delineates the... Continue Reading →
Much of life is about overcoming barriers. Every organism, from lowly one-celled animals to human beings, exists by interacting with its environment. This interaction includes moving from one place to another, creating a space for the self, lifting a load, or learning how to use a tool. Our ability to interact with the environment is,... Continue Reading →
I’ve got some news for you Fembots have feelings too - Robyn, Fembot To tell the absolute truth, they probably don’t have feelings, though. At least not emotions of the messier kind, the kind that real women have to live with. A fairly recent conversation brought up the idea of fembots and the very real... Continue Reading →
I've been slowly finding my way back to the joy I feel when analysing and thinking about both games and design. One of my areas of interest right now is monsters, particularly monsters in game, and because I'm a woman, female monsters in games. I've been reading Haraway, Butler and Kristeva, in addition to a... Continue Reading →
This is one of those blog posts where I don't have a scientific study to support my hypothesis, so please take this post with a grain of salt. It's an opinion and because of that, it's not scientifically proven. Nor should it have to be. I've been reading "A Very Stable Genius" about Trump and... Continue Reading →
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