Cerise Magazine

August 2007 Issue

Features

• From the Editors
• Craft Check: Custom Game Master's Screens
• Gaming in the Media: Much Ado about AO

Interviews

• Miriam Ruiz [Game developer]

Articles

• Gender & Live-Action Role Play: Introduction
  Author: Samara Hayley Steele

Samara kicks off her series looking at LARPing from a feminist perspective.

• Myth Busting: Gaming as Antisocial Behaviour
  Author: Andrea Rubenstein

Andrea takes down the myth that games are inherently antisocial events.

• Women will Love Stranglehold: A Hands-on at E3
  Author: Yvonna Lynn

Yvonna talks about her experiences playing Stranglehold at E3.

Gamer Stories

• Notes from the UnGamer
  by Jewel Faulkner
• 8 a.m. on Saturdays
  by Karen Healey
• I'm a Female Plant Shaman
  by Anna Holt

Reviews

• Jade Empire PC Special Edition
  by Cherie Thomason
• Retro Review: Prince of Persia
by Abby Wilson

Odds 'n Ends

• The Back Page

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We’ve got an exciting line-up of content this month at Cerise. In addition to our regular features – Craft Check, and Latoya Peterson’s Gaming in the Media column, focusing this month on the potential impact of Adults Only ratings – and an interview with Miriam Ruiz, a game developer and blogger active in a variety of online communities, we have some great articles for you. There’s the first in a series of articles about gender in Live-Action Role Play by Samara Hayley Steele, a discussion of the myth of the anti-social gamer by Andrea Rubenstein and a report from Yvonna Lynn about her impressions of Stranglehold, which she played at E3.

We also have reviews, of course, and be sure to check out the three excellent Gamer Stories revolving around this month’s theme, “The Social Gamer.” And when you’ve read all of that, take a look at our newest addition to the magazine’s line-up, the Back Page – a place for fun odds ‘n ends.

We’re featuring more contributors, and a greater variety of content, with every issue. Want to be a part of it? The submissions guidelines page will tell you how.