Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370Training Our Moral Minds Through GamingThough I have written many times about the social ideologies that video games reflect, I have neglected to mention the activism and change…Dec 14, 2017Dec 14, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370Weighing Benefit and Risk in the Emerging ESports CrazeAs we move closer and closer to a new world of technology, we can see things that we had previously regarded as solely physical being…Dec 11, 2017Dec 11, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370Gaming Culture’s Love Affair with Sexual HarassmentIt is at first difficult to consolidate the issues of #GamerGate with issues of sexism, racism, and all matters of bigotry beyond the realm…Nov 29, 2017Nov 29, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370Racial Oppression through Implicit BiasAll texts inherently contain ideology, and ideology has the ability to condition our subconscious minds into certain modes of conscious…Nov 23, 2017Nov 23, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370The Dilemma of Horror and “Insanity”In any facet of culture, people belonging to stigmatized groups will find themselves at the opposite end of a pointed stick. Imagine, if…Nov 12, 2017Nov 12, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370Supply and Demand, Ethics and ProfitIn my last blog about the history of gaming, I had briefly touched on how video games adapt so quickly to a changing market using a…Oct 20, 2017Oct 20, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370The New History of CultureLike any other literary medium, gaming has an immense and dynamic history. However, unlike other genres like movies or novels, a game has…Oct 13, 2017Oct 13, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370The Conflict and Bond Between Player and CharacterThe role a character plays within video games differs from the role a character plays within other narrative mediums, and it is for that…Sep 27, 2017Sep 27, 2017
Hannah AchenbachinENG 3370Narrative and Story in Video GamesWhat is a story’s role within a video game? Is it a linear sequence of events like a movie or a book, or is it simply means to an end…Sep 18, 20172Sep 18, 20172
