Cerise Magazine

January 2008 Issue

Features

• From the Editors
• Craft Check: Gaming Gloves
• Gaming in the Media: Women Working in Games - 5 Viewpoints, 2 Ways to Play
• Market to Me: Women as players
• Gamer vs Gamer: An old debate for the new year: casual vs. hardcore

Interviews

• Industry Interview: Naomi Clark
• Blogger Interview: Mighty Ponygirl [Feminist Gamers]

Articles

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

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

• Planning a Women-Only Gaming Group
  Author: Robyn Fleming

Robyn outlines the trials and tribulations of organizing an all-women gaming group.

• Celebrating women in the industry
  Author: Andrea Rubenstein

Andrea looks at some of the influential women in the video game and tabletop gaming industry.

• Choosing Imitation Over Innovation
  Author: Richard Pilbeam

Richard discusses ways in which imitation and a lack of innovation help to perpetuate sexist themes in games produced by the RPG Maker community.

Gamer Stories

• Scarred by Time
  by Olivia Luna

Reviews

• Super Mario Galaxy
  by Ariel Wetzel
• Retro Review: Pitfall!
  by Abby Wilson

Odds 'n Ends

• The Back Page

Want your article to appear in a future issue? Submit to Cerise today!

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!

Another New Iris Blog!

Robyn Fleming has started a new blog, Robyn Can’t Jump, “a video game review blog written by a woman who isn’t very good at playing video games.” Check it out!

Resolutions for Gamers

Did you forget to make New Year’s Resolutions this year? Do you want a few more to round out your list? Here are some suggestions for gamers looking for a little self-improvement:

• I resolve to put living expenses such as rent and groceries before game purchases. Even when the game is really, really cool.
• I will not say “cry more, n00b” to misbehaving children, no matter how great the temptation.
• I resolve to clean up my miniatures promptly after staging epic battles on the floor – being stepped on is not good for the miniatures, and stepping on them is not good for feet.
• I will take regular breaks from my MMORPGs for exercise. Walking to the refrigerator does not count.
• I resolve not to do ostentatious victory dances when I totally beat my friends/significant other/family members.
• I will endeavor to collect no more dice than I have storage space for.

LOLGAMERS

LOLGAMERS Contest Winners!

Submitted by Kimiko

Submitted by Brinstar

Congratulations, winners! Kimiko will receive the originally offered prize pack, and Brinstar will receive an alternative prize pack of the same value.

Here are the other entries we received:

Go here for more lolgamers!

The next contest won’t be for a few months, but you can send in your own original LOLGAMERS in the meantime! Just email them to lolgamers [at] theirisnetwork [dot] org - if they’re funny, we’ll add them to our gallery and feature them on The Back Page.