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  Democracy Play: VOTE!!!

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  Danielle Leek Grand Valley State University

  November 05, 2014

  2 comments

  Democracy Play: VOTE!!! video games play election democracy 2012 election Curator's Note In this trailer for “VOTE!!! The Game” we witness then candidates President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney slug-it-out on the White House lawn, in the oval office, ...
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  Re: Democracy Play: VOTE!!!

  Danielle, thank you for this

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  Alan Chu University of Arizona

  Thursday, November 6, 2014 — 9:37 pm

  possibilities. ...
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  Re: Democracy Play: VOTE!!!

  In-game possibilities

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  Danielle Leek Grand Valley State University

  Saturday, November 8, 2014 — 5:58 pm

  Alan~your suggestions are entirely on-point, and speak to precisely the kind of possibilities that ... candidate messages and strategies? The possibilities really are endless. ...
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  Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism

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  Diana Pozo UC Santa Barbara

  November 11, 2014

  6 comments

  Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism video games video game studies trauma small games realism queerness and games conference queer lives queer games movement queer qgcon LGBTQ Indie Game Developers indie identity performance glitch aesthetic ...
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  Re: Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism

  realistic representations

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  Amanda Phillips University of California, Davis

  Tuesday, November 11, 2014 — 9:30 pm

  "Realism" can be a political necessity- when we mean that we want a broader depiction of life possibilities ... lives and queer possibilities rarely fall into what many would recognize as "real" identities, ...
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  Re: Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism

  Realism is an aesthetic

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  Diana Pozo UC Santa Barbara

  Tuesday, November 11, 2014 — 10:23 pm

  a useful concept for thinking about the possibilities "realism" provides, because through ...
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  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games

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  Kishonna Gray Eastern Kentucky University

  November 12, 2014

  15 comments

  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games whiteness video games racism blackness Curator's Note The purpose of this discussion is to examine how the normalization of Whiteness and masculinity within video games leads ...
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  Re: Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism

  Games Realism, broken down

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  Diana Pozo UC Santa Barbara

  Wednesday, November 12, 2014 — 4:00 am

  re-imagine it in a new way, possibly in the interest of your own personal growth. Not all source texts can ...
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  Bayonetta, Femme Disturbance, and AAA Queer Desires

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  Amanda Phillips University of California, Davis

  November 13, 2014

  6 comments

  This week, I’m contributing a critical fanvid made as part of my research work on the video game ...
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  Re: Bayonetta, Femme Disturbance, and AAA Queer Desires

  Some Initial Thoughts on Bayonetta 2

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  John Vanderhoef UCSB

  Thursday, November 13, 2014 — 5:57 pm

  fantasies than queer politics. However, a more careful reading might yet reveal some queer possibilities ...

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