Posts Tagged ‘ intersectionality ’

Blizzcon: A much better apology

October 28, 2011
Blizzcon: A much better apology

I said yesterday that my next post would be about happy things, such as Pandas or Monks. It IS a happy post. As an update to yesterday’s post, it seems something has finally filtered though. I appreciate the apology, it’s worlds apart from what I actually expected to get from Blizzard at this stage. Thank you Mike Morhaime, I will be optimistic and hope that this is a sign of continued improvement on Blizzard’s track record when it comes to their record on handling QUILTBAG issues, sexism, and hate speech in general. Bashiok Community Manager Dear members of the...

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Bioware: Romances in DA2 are for everyone

March 23, 2011
Bioware: Romances in DA2 are for everyone

It’s not often a gaming company responds to criticism in such an awesome and heartwarming way. For every ‘embrace your inner-geek’ speech  la Metzen there is a casual dismissal of concerns (again, a’la Metzen.) For Blizzard to remove Real ID from the forums took the impassioned responses of thousands upon thousands of users, for example. Their track record is not brilliant. So when a game company posts something like the following on their forums, I sit up and take notice. I’ve never played a Bioware game properly, but right now I’m considering shelling out for several simply because I...

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World of Warcraft Fanart Profiles: Troll women

November 15, 2010
Ushtarak Berserker – Rob Ten Pas 08/31/06

This is part of an ongoing series that reviews and attempts to deconstruct common tropes in the Blizzard Fanart Gallery. This is not a critique of the choices of individual artists, but a look at the choices Blizzard and those artists have made. For reasons of time/expendiency I am limiting this series to what is currently in the Blizzard Fan Art Gallery, but please feel free to share your favourites from the fan community in the comments. Just please try to make sure they are credited properly and on the theme of the post. I was browsing the official galleries...

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I’m all lost in the supermarket

November 3, 2010

This is a personal post, and somewhat rambly. This blog will return to elemental shaman stuff shortly. If you’re wondering where I’ve been, I’ve been co-hosting the Obscurecast along with Gazimoff of Mana Obscura and I left my authenticator at his house after the great Blizzcon weekend podcast-a-thon. I’ve also been extremely busy with my day job, and with raiding now finished in my guild, an old problem of mine has re-emerged. The kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls Make me noises for company Long distance callers make long distance calls And the silence makes...

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