The Back Page
June 2008 Issue
Features
- From the Editors
- Craft Check: T-Shirt Patch Jacket
Interviews
- Industry Interview: Sara Girard [Marketing Lead, D&D]
- Blogger Interview: Monique [Girls Don’t Game]
Articles
- Gender & Live-Action Role Play: Into Monster Camp, Part II
Author: Samara Hayley Steele
- Heroic Villainess
Author: Melissa Velte
- Capes and Consoles at WisCon 32
Author: Robyn Fleming
- Guest Star Villainy
Author: Brendan Davis
In this ongoing series, Samara shares her experiences as a female LARPer in a male-dominated LARP organization.
Melissa breaks down dichotomy between good and evil, hero and villain, with her piece on the complex motivations of Legretta the Quick.
Robyn regales us with tales of her adventures at this year's WisCon.
Brendan talks about how a "guest star" villain can add the necessary threat to motivate players without wiping them out before they can get started.
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!
Robin Sevakis Wows Us Again
Robin Sevakis did another fantastic cover for us this month. We at Cerise are thrilled to have her artistic contributions to the magazine!
The Best Heroines and Villainesses
Andrea Rubenstein asked members of our forums who some of the best heroines and villainesses are. She said:
For me, one of my all-time favorite heroines is Jade from Beyond Good and Evil. An obvious choice, I know! But she was a kickass woman of color who wasn’t sexualized, wasn’t a damsel in distress, and who joined a rebellion in order to save her planet. Epic.
I’m also partial to Alexandra Rovias from Eternal Darkness, but I’m less sure that it has to do with her character and more that it was a game that I loved that also had a female protagonist.
Here’s what some other people had to say:
Alis from Phantasy Star. Like most 8-bit RPG protagonists she doesn’t have much of a personality, but at least she’s a strong woman who isn’t sexualized at all.
I didn’t get very far in KOTOR but I remember Bastila and Mission Vao being pretty cool.
- no one important
Foolish little fools foolishly fooling your foolish foolery! Franciszka von Karma is a brilliant, beautiful, and not at all vain villainess!
-Eleniel
Other suggestions for heroines included Commander Shepherd, Jill Valentine, Samus Aran and Ashe. Maleficent and Kreia made the list as villainesses.
Who would you put on your “best of” list?
Foam Weapons and Ray Guns, FTW!
Capes and Consoles wasn’t the only dress-up party at WisCon this year. KC Kupperman, Robyn Fleming and Karen Healey also wore costumes to the annual Fancy Dress Party, garbing themselves in the style of characters from Under the Moons of Riadorf (warning: don’t read it unless you find euphemism-heavy sex scenes hilarious). Jed Hartman was kind enough to take this photo of the women sporting their sci-fi-romance gowns and weapons:
