The Back Page
November 2007 Issue
Features
- From the Editors
- Craft Check: Gamer Soap
- Gaming in the Media: Fallen Guitar Heroes
- Market to Me: Using sex to sell
- Gamer vs Gamer: The Virtue of Reality?
Interviews
- Industry Interview: Shelly Mazzanoble [Author, Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress]
Articles
- Gender & Live-Action Role Play: Into the Tavern, Part II
Author: Samara Hayley Steele
- Sims vs. Playboy: Sex and Relationships in the Dark Ages of Video Games
Author: Cherie Thomason
- Another Rape In Cyberspace
Author: Pat Miller
- Immaculate Reception
Author: Latoya Peterson
In this ongoing series, Samara shares her experiences as a female LARPer in a male-dominated LARP Organization.
Cherie discusses the portrayal of sex in console video games.
The trauma of a sexual assault is not limited to physical hurt. Pat discusses the violation of virtual bodies as analogous to that of real bodies, and wonders how it can be stopped.
Latoya discusses the lack of sex in mainstream video games and critiques the interplay between hyper-sexualized characters and their chaste actions.
Gamer Stories
Reviews
Odds 'n Ends
Welcome to the Back Page! This is where we publish the odds and ends that our readers send in, from artwork and writing, to shout outs, thoughts on gaming, and whatever fun and silly things we can come up with. If you have something you want to show off to the rest of our readers, head over to our submissions page and fire off an e-mail to us!
Shout Outs!
Congratulations to Senior Editor Robyn Fleming and her new husband, Jameson York:
Robyn and Jameson (shown above preparing to attend an important movie opening) got married on October 14th, in a small ceremony attended by most of their closest friends and family. They originally met online while playing Magrathea, a MUD, and spend lots of time playing tabletop RPGs and Wii and Xbox 360 games as a couple. Congrats, you two!
Can’t Get Enough Cerise?
Did you know that Staff Writer Latoya Peterson keeps a Gaming in the Media Blog between issues? And that Senior Editor Andrea Rubenstein is chronicling The Life and Times of a Video Game Design Student?
In non-blog news, Senior Editor Robyn Fleming participated in a debate on “Women and Gaming” on October 25th at Xfire. The transcript of the debate is available at Xfire’s site.
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