Because my friends are trying to drive me to an early grave via aneurysm, heart attack or stroke, I was recently directed to a forum with a discussion about the treatment of female gamers by male gamers. That wasn’t the blood pressure rising aspect of it. With my background with the He-Male Woman Haters Association… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #59 – Cross-Gender Playing. Yes? No? Maybe?
What the fucking fuckity-fuck-fuck-fuck-fucking fuck? GGR reader Rachel alerted me to an article in the awesome blog the F-Word about an article on a Videogame site about which is better, girls or games. Ok, I’ll let that sink in before I get to the actual article. The article can be found here: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/games-vs-girls-which-is-best/a-2008073011325861001 I’m not… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #58 – And now we know why you buttheads can’t get a date.
So, Friday night Marcy and I stopped at Cupcake Royale, the hipster cupcake place here in Seattle, to pick up dessert for the Girl Game. Marcy was just recently voted in to the Girl Game to replace a member who bailed on us. Most of the girls cook for the game, I, alas, do not… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #57 – The Stigma of Being Geek
Ok, cats and kittens, I don’t usually post about politics here, because that’s real world stuff and I geek to get away from that shit. But this, being geek-related as it is, and both appalling me and making me laugh out loud, bore special mention. From John McCain’s Website: “It may be typical of the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #56 – Probably the only openly political post you’ll ever see here.
Start looking for the goat-headed boy, because the apocalypse, she’s a coming! The article is “Top 5 most preposterous getups in games” and I agree with them. A lot. The commentary under the screen caps is freaking hilarious, too. Under the screenshot of La Mariposa from Dead or Alive 4: “…because nothing says “I’m a… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #55 – An Article on Female Video Game Costumes that DIDN’T Make my Head Explode!
So, Saturday I ran the game where all the characters were the children of adults who had been killed in a medieval fortress. Up until I started running it I hadn’t decided what had killed them, but I had ideas. So, after my grilling plans were torpedoed by the stupid weather, we moved everything inside. … Read More Geek Girls Rule! 54.5 – Saturday’s Game.
I GM fairly frequently, well at least once a month with the Girl Game, but pretty often outside of that. This weekend, I’ve set myself up to run two games. Tonight (Friday) I’ll be running up to Stax’s place to run one of three choices I emailed her earlier today, all fantasy-based, for her and… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #54 – I Run Games
I won’t post his real, full name here out of respect for him. But I’ll miss him. I met Thog while working at the club. He was this great big dorky guy with long hair who danced tirelessly. Eventually he and some other buddies of ours formed a gaming group with me and the Mister. … Read More In Memoriam…
Yup, you knew it was bound to happen. My friend Marcy and I talk about sex and gaming, including rape as a plothook and character backstory, gaming group relationships, flirting in character and out of character, respecting your players’ comfort zones, and the dreaded “Have you ever had sex in character?” question. Geek Girls Rule!… Read More Geek Girls Rule! Podcast #6 – Sex and Gaming
I know putting 52.5 after 53 might seem counterintuitive, but this really is just an extension of the More Angry Feminist musings entry. So one of my most favorite whinging lefties, actually like me, she’s more of a jumping up and down on your throat lefty, Melissa McEwan, the founder of Shakesville, did an interview… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #52.5 – As long as the media keeps lobbing them out there, I’ll keep smashing them back.
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