All stories published by ENG 3370 on November 23, 2017

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Cody Semo in ENG 3370

Nov 23, 2017

Racial Injustice in Games

People play video games as an alternate reality, to get away from all the crap you see in the news. It is an escape from all the politics, terrorist attacks, and race issues — at least I thought it was. Now these current events have crossed over into our alternate reality. Are video…

Chloe McElmury in ENG 3370

Nov 23, 2017

Are Video Games Still Stuck in the (Literal) Dark Ages?

Chew on this: black people play video games. You might be wondering why I would make such an obvious statement. You may be thinking of course, Chloe, all kinds of people play video games. Well, where is their representation, then?

Hannah Achenbach in ENG 3370

Nov 23, 2017

Racial Oppression through Implicit Bias

All texts inherently contain ideology, and ideology has the ability to condition our subconscious minds into certain modes of conscious thought. In fact, I would perhaps argue that implicit ideas incorporated in the narrative during the development of video…

Miranda J. Sarber in ENG 3370

Nov 23, 2017

Race in the Gaming Industry

Video games seem to be struggling with diversity. Whether it be with females in the industry or having different races in the industry, it lacks with diversity in the games. Reading these assigned articles was eye opening but not necessarily surprising because African Americans…

Zoey Lobejko in ENG 3370

Nov 23, 2017

Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in the Games Industry

Race, ethnicity and culture in the game industry is something that I have not previously thought about when it comes to video games. I now know how big of an issue this really is and why many video game designers are receiving criticism for…

Wail Eltag in ENG 3370

Nov 23, 2017

Blog #8

Blog #8
In a piece published by Vice magazine by Brian Crimmins titled Why Does HAL Laboratory Only Make Nintendo Games? the article follows the story of Hal Laboratory a Japanese developer that was founded on 21 February 1980 that is closely affiliated with Nintendo.
The articles begin talking about how Hal…

November 21, 2017

November 26, 2017

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