Category: Gaming
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Video games missing the mark with LGBTQ community
Members of the queer community feel they are being ignored by game makers STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA The video game industry has a bad reputation of ignoring a large group of gamers, and it isn’t just the women they leave behind. Members of the queer community have been mostly forgotten because a select group runs…
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The steel bikini is getting stale for women in video games
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA Video games have always stirred up some sort of issue, from being to violent to making players anti-social, but one of the biggest problems that seems to remain constant is the troubling way women are represented, or aren’t. Throughout the many years that video games have existed, games featuring female leads…
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Fantasy, action, adventure: It’s all in the cards with new game Hearthstone
STORY BY ROBERT SGOTTO From demons to orcs, dragons to spacecraft, Blizzard Entertainment has diverse games for a diverse culture. Now, they are trying their hand at card games. Known for games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, Blizzard will take its first steps into online card games with Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.…