Cerise Magazine

December 2007 Issue

Features

• From the Editors
• Craft Check: Gamer Cake
• Gaming in the Media: Cyber-Stupidity: Jade Raymond Edition
• Market to Me: Female Protagonists

Interviews

Blogger Interview: Pai [The Pensive Harpy]

Articles

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

In this ongoing series, Samara shares her experiences as a female LARPer in a male-dominated LARP Organization.

• Naked and Terrified
  Author: Elizabeth McDonald and Karen Healey

Elizabeth and Karen dialogue on a set of miniatures called “Hot Chicks 3.1: Naked Distress”.

• “My Mom Likes Your Game”
  Author: Mara Poulsen

Mara looks at the casual gaming industry and what it means for female gamers.

• Speaking from Authority
  Author: Richard Pilbeam

Richard discusses the default "he" and what it says about sexism in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Gamer Stories

• On Being “the Editor”
  by Robyn Fleming
• Learning to Play DDR at the Arcade
  by Regina Buenaobra

Reviews

• Cooking Mama: Cook Off
  by Ian Denning
• Mass Effect
  by Robyn Fleming
• The Order of the Stick Adventure Game
  by Robyn Fleming

Odds 'n Ends

• The Back Page

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Whether you’re a gaming professional, or your connection to the gaming industry is strictly from the consumer side, you’ll find lots of interesting pieces about gaming as an industry in this month’s issue of Cerise. Our content includes a quick, informal dialogue about gut reactions to a certain kind of product from potential consumers, an information-packed article about so-called casual games, an examination of the ways in which authoritative texts shape fan behaviors and more.

And, of course, there are the un-themed features and reviews you’ve come to expect in every issue of Cerise, as well as a particularly robust edition of The Back Page (which announces, among other things, a new LOLGAMERS contest – be sure to check it out!).

Enjoy the issue, and stop by our submissions page to see what future months will bring, and plan any contributions that you might like to make.