Mia Consalvo

Canada Research Chair Game Studies and DesignConcordia University

mconsalvo@gmail.com

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Raiding the Paratexts of Lara Croft

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Mia Consalvo Concordia University

March 12, 2013
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Raiding the Paratexts of Lara Croft videogames Tomb Raider and Gender in Games gender Curator's Note */ Paratexts surround videogames and shape how we view, play, and understand them. Lara Croft is one of the most publicized videogame characters ever ...

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Re: Raiding the Paratexts of Lara Croft

Playing again and again

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Mia Consalvo Concordia University

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 — 11:11 am
Matt and Derek, Great points- thanks for the feedback. I'd actually even quibble further with Aarseth based on what you bring up. Some of my gameplay activity recently has me playing various games in a series, and also playing genres that I normally ...
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Re: Dreams of Being/Killing Lara Croft: Exploring Agency and Gender in Tomb Raider

Protecting Avatars

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Mia Consalvo Concordia University

Monday, March 11, 2013 — 8:24 pm
Hi there, I think the question about protecting avatars is an interesting one and also one that is fraught with gender assumptions right off the bat. I was immediately associating the idea that Lara needs to be 'protected' with a discourse that ...
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Re: Wound Raider: Authorizing Trauma in Lara Croft's Origin Story

developers and the press

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Mia Consalvo Concordia University

Thursday, March 14, 2013 — 1:56 am
I would be astounded if Crystal Dynamics had not thought that Pratchett's gender would help them defuse earlier bungles and bad press about the game. I also believe the relationship between developers and media is incredibly fraught- developers regul ...