Masculinity and femininity are often associated with gender and physical sex (often confused with the concept of gender) but are more accurately considered the idealized traits of performing or embodying certain gender identities. This comes into focus when we see people playing with the ideas and expectations of gender performance and the clarity of seeing … Continue reading Feminine and Masculine Game Mechanics
Edit// I wrote this the day after I attended the event, but I had unknowingly saved it instead of publishing it. Enjoy Women in video game culture (a term too broad for the many separate categories and genres of games) face the struggle for genuine acknowledgement. Not as a female gamer but just a gamer. … Continue reading Retro Gaming Expo: Women in Games
Get good or, as it then soon became, "git gud" is a mentality that if a game is too hard to play, one should simply "get good" at it. It arose in popularity as Dark Souls hit the scene and players that were struggling with Dark Soul's style/type of combat mechanics were told to get … Continue reading Dark Souls and “Git Gud” Culture
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