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    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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