I had always grown up believing that I was incapable of playing Kingdom Hearts. I am obsessed with Disney, so I loved watching my older brother play Kingdom Hearts’ beautiful storyline, but after playing the game myself, I honestly believe that Kingdom Hearts was created with gamers of…
Before this class, I never really questioned representation and diversity in video…
Week 7: “In video games, heteronormativity manifests on two levels — within their content (including fiction and system rules), and in the performance of gameplay.”
I know that it is only the fourth week of playing, but Kingdom Hearts has left me feeling hopeless and defeated after every gaming…
Week 6: “Is this to say that all games function as contracts sustaining the repressed homoeroticism that ‘undergirds patriarchy and male homosocial relations,’ even…
I played Depression Quest, and I honestly cannot wrap my head around why this game is the center of controversy. If you can get over the fact that it’s a text-based game and actually take in the story’s narrative, then you’ll see that the game actually deserves the awards and…
Robert Mejia and Barbara LeSavoy discuss how in the Atari 2600 “gender and sexuality emerged from character interaction as opposed to representation” (87). While the female characters in…