Mar 4, 2013 | Forbes
Remember the Anita Sarkeesian kerfuffle from May 2012? That was when blogger Sarkeesian created a Kickstarter project to fund a five-part series of short films about women’s roles in videogames…which led to a tidal wave of Internet hate. Good news for those of us who...
Dec 10, 2012 | Forbes
2012 was a great year for videogames. After all, this is the year we saw the release of Guild Wars 2, Dishonored, Halo 4, Borderlands 2, and Assassin’s Creed III, not to mention some fantastic indie games like FTL and The Walking Dead. However, there were also a...
Aug 3, 2012 | Forbes
Screenshot from the game _Portal_. Feminist blogger Anita Sarkeesian said, “Many contemporary online multiplayer games now include voice and text chat integration which is meant to provide a richer shared social gaming experience. Unfortunately, in some of these...
Aug 3, 2012 | Forbes
Jul 9, 2012 | Forbes
Two months ago, feminist blogger, Anita Sarkeesian created a Kickstarter project to fund a five-video series to examine sexism and female stereotypes in videogames. In addition to raising almost $160,000, Sarkeesian also received what she described on her blog as “a...