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  • Gendering Games
    This is for sharing your opinions/analyses on how gender -- gender roles, gender identities, etc -- is used and abused in games. This is also a good place to start discussion on how to make games more gender-inclusive.
    131 Topics
    1487 Posts
    Last post by tekanji View the latest post
    Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:04 am
  • Queering Games
    This is for sharing your opinions/analyses on how sexuality -- sexual orientation, sexual expression, gender expression, etc -- is utilized in games. This is also a good place to start discussion on how to make games more queer-friendly.
    22 Topics
    277 Posts
    Last post by Ozaline View the latest post
    Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:26 am
  • Race and Ethnicity in Games
    This is for sharing your opinions/analyses on how race and ethnicity are used and abused in games. This is also a good place to start discussion on how to make games less whitewashed.
    44 Topics
    562 Posts
    Last post by tekanji View the latest post
    Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:55 am
  • Class in Games
    This is for sharing your opinions/analyses on how class issues are represented in games. This is also a good place to start discussion on how to make games more class conscious.
    4 Topics
    37 Posts
    Last post by CosmicChaos View the latest post
    Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:34 am
  • Deconstructing Stereotypes
    Make games pink so girls will buy them, get your girlfriend into gaming by showing her how games are like shopping, girl gamers are just "attention whores"... we've all heard the stereotypes over and over again. This forum is where those stereotypes come to die.
    17 Topics
    142 Posts
    Last post by jesse_playtiva View the latest post
    Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:42 am
  • Game Accessibility
    This forum is for discussing the [in]accessibility of games and gaming-related paraphernalia; everything from discussions of price to playability regarding people with disabilities is welcome here.
    15 Topics
    66 Posts
    Last post by Maverynthia View the latest post
    Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:53 pm
  • Gaming Culture
    This forum is for discussing and analyzing the kinds of culture in gaming communities and in the industry. This can be anything from gender relations to looking at the kinds of discourse that are found in mainstream culture.
    86 Topics
    830 Posts
    Last post by Maverynthia View the latest post
    Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:21 am

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