Bonnie Ruberg Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Girl Power 2

The Truth about Little Girls

I have been a boy. I have been a man. I have been a voluptuous vixen with pistols poised on either swaying hip. ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorJune 20, 2006

Rated M for Mature

Kink: A Question of Play

Whenever there’s a norm, there’s a way to break it … and someone willing to do just that. The same rule applies for ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorMay 2, 2006

Can a Game Make You Cry?

Hot and Bothered

Remember New Games Journalism? Those initial moments of revelation, the refreshing breaks from traditional videogame coverage, the eventual spiral-down into seeming self-indulgence? In ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorApril 18, 2006

StateCraft: Update

Won’t Someone Think of the Children?

Sex in videogames: Is it corrupting our youth? Politicians and parents across the country have certainly voiced their resounding “Yes.” After all, what’s ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorMarch 28, 2006

Wanna Be My Friendster?

After Sex

Where Is Sex?Sex is everywhere. It’s on our TV sets; it’s in our art; it’s on our minds. Sometimes, it’s even in our ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006

I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

Addicted to Pain

Bang! You’ve been shot in the arm, but it doesn’t hurt. Bang! You’ve been shot in the head, but you’re not really dead. ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006

Walton's World

Mainstream Shopping, Mainstream Gaming

“Where Are the Goddamn Tissues?” Specialty Knowledge in the Mainstream WastelandHave you ever tried walking into Wal-Mart and asking a question? Not a ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorJanuary 3, 2006

The Year In Review

Puppies Aren’t for Sissies

Everyone loves Nintendogs. You know it; I know it. Sales figures don’t lie. The videogame world has gone crazy for puppies. We’ve come ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorDecember 27, 2005

Season's Gaming

Video Game Merchandise

It’s that time of the year again. Winter has arrived, and with it has come all the trappings of the holidays: snow flakes, ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorDecember 20, 2005

Gaming Below the Radar

Games of a Fairer Sex

They prefer pink to camo. They prefer ponies to guns. The videogame community does its best to ignore them, but still, they continue ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorDecember 13, 2005

The Home Invasion

Sex and Interactivity

Over the last few months, the world has had a lot of things to say on the topic of sex and games, some ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorNovember 29, 2005

Girl Power

Women Monsters and Monstrous Women

The Question of RepresentationIn the world of games as we know it – where female characters are still, for the most part, either ...

By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorNovember 1, 2005

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