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From Representation to Simulation: A Videogame Translation of the Bechdel Test

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March 15, 2013

From Representation to Simulation: A Videogame Translation of the Bechdel Test The Bechdel Test media representation Gender Simulation gender and gaming feminism Curator's Note By Robin Haislett (Texas Tech University) and Robert Moses Peaslee (Texas ...

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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

PR statements. So each side tries to use the other in various ways to advance their ends. What this ...

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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

it's definitely possible to play games 'on their own' its also much easier (and sometimes ...

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Wound Raider: Authorizing Trauma in Lara Croft's Origin Story

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Matthew Thomas Payne University of Notre Dame

March 13, 2013

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Wound Raider: Authorizing Trauma in Lara Croft's Origin Story video games Tomb Raider and Gender in Games tomb raider rape marketing Lara Croft Curator's Note In the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is an adventuresome 20-something shipwre ...

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Re: Dreams of Being/Killing Lara Croft: Exploring Agency and Gender in Tomb Raider

Protecting vs. Projecting

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Matthew Thomas Payne University of Notre Dame

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 — 11:08 pm

violence-- and, indeed, gendered violence-- is a topic that I’m sure we’ll return to throughout the week. ...

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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: Dreams of Being/Killing Lara Croft: Exploring Agency and Gender in Tomb Raider

Violence and Protection

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Linzi Juliano University of California, Los Angeles

Monday, March 11, 2013 — 6:21 pm

demographic, as demonstrated here, that stretches well beyond unsympathetic males). Side-stepping: I think you ... raise a really fascinating point about the possible transition from "becoming" to ...

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Dreams of Being/Killing Lara Croft: Exploring Agency and Gender in Tomb Raider

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Agnes Trzak and Alex Annetts Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge

March 11, 2013

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Dreams of Being/Killing Lara Croft: Exploring Agency and Gender in Tomb Raider Women's Bodies video games Tomb Raider and Gender in Games Lara Croft feminism agency affect Curator's Note While designing the character of Lara Croft, Toby Gard env ...

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