Last week I wrote an article about my personal dissatisfaction with Facebook as a means of social networking or as a means of finding out news stories. And, as I’m sure many of you have seen, over the past week #NoDAPL supporters have voraciously used social media (whether spreading articles, […]
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I wrote a piece when Pokemon Go first came out about the backlash Go-ers faced on social media for being happy and excited about the game. The general sentiment among some was that it was appalling to waste your time on PG when so much horrible shit was happening in […]
Episode 133: On Toxic Activism with Gil Almogi: Ignore the Trolls and Focus on the Systems (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we talk with freelance games writer Gil Almogi (@gilmeansjoy) about games, social media, and the work of activism. Gil […]
In this interview Kishonna talks with Kahlief Adams, host of Spawn on Me blog and podcast and creator of #Spawn4Good, about race, games, and activism. KG: Give us a little bit of your background. How did you get into gaming? What’s the first game you remember? KA: My name is Kahlief […]
This post is a write-up of a talk I gave recently at the Games+Learning+Society conference in Madison, WI. Enjoy! The GamerGate explosion in 2014 had far reaching implications that spidered across many areas: industry workplace practices, how gaming communities function, and how people view video games and gamers. Scholars have […]