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Discussion #17: WSP Queer Female of Color

Read, annotate and discuss Lisa Nakamura’s essay “Queer Female of Color: The Highest Difficulty Setting There Is?” and annotate the text using the Word – Phrase – Sentence routine. in the Miro whiteboard below. This will help you share and explore various quotes and elements of the reading that stood out for you and your peers, that you found particularly powerful, and that resonated with what you understand and are developing in your understanding of videogame culture and representation.

PlayPosit: Not your Exotic Fantasy

Let’s have a meaningful class discussion while we watch Feminist Frequency’s Video “Not your Exotic Fantasy – Tropes vs. Women in Video Games.” Contribute comments at any time during your viewing about intersectional race and culture representation in video games. Be respectful of your classmates and keep your comments academic. 

• Minimum requirements: Offer 2 observations and reply to one classmate
• You can use the Rich Text Editor to add your voice, images, links and more!

Blog Post #12: Misrepresentation & Underrepresentation

1. Individually, research and post in the Padlet board below examples of games (and other forms of e-literature), commercial and/or independent, that you feel misrepresent or underrepresent gender, race, sexual orientation, identity, culture, and so on.
   • You will notice that I’ve started the discussion with some of the games I’ve played that have questionable intersectional representation
2. Choose one game from the discussion board to play, focusing on the representation of gender, sexual identity, race, and/or culture.
   • Be sure to take notes about your play experience to support your reply post and blog post below
   • Let me know if you need help accessing a copy of the game.
3. Formulate a blog post, indicating what you noticed during your gameplay. You may extend your discussion by making connections between different games, noting similarities and differences in representation.
4. Your blog post can take any form you like. Here are some examples:
   • Found Interactive Kinetic E-Poem “Gatekeeping Game(r Hate) Culture” (2022) Anneke Nussbaum
   • Podcast (Gamergate example)
   • Video (like Feminist Frequency)
   • Video Game Analysis Essay: “Critical Analysis of Gone Home” (2022) Anneke Nussbaum

References

Feminist Frequency. (n.d.). Not your Exotic Fantasy – Tropes vs. Women in Video Games [Video]. https://feministfrequency.com/video/not-your-exotic-fantasy/YouTube.

Nakamura, L. (2012). Queer female of color: The highest difficulty setting there is? Gaming rhetoric as gender capital. Ada: a Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, (1). http://doi.org/10.7264/N37P8W9V