Gaming and Women

http://www.tasteslikephoenix.com/articles/women.html

A very interesting essay--I can't speak to its accuracy because I haven't gamed much, but it sounded reasonable, and is the best thing I've seen about paying attention to your student's awareness while you're teaching.

I don't think it's quite right about why women hate having their player characters raped. The essay focuses on the implied real-world threat during in person gaming, but my bet is that getting a character raped in anonymized online play would still generally be unwelcome. There are women who like rape fantasies, but I suspect they would at least want a clearly marked context, and gaming in general is not that context.

Link thanks to Joe Bednorz in rec.arts.sf.written.

Gaming and Women

http://www.tasteslikephoenix.com/articles/women.html

A very interesting essay--I can't speak to its accuracy because I haven't gamed much, but it sounded reasonable, and is the best thing I've seen about paying attention to your student's awareness while you're teaching.

I don't think it's quite right about why women hate having their player characters raped. The essay focuses on the implied real-world threat during in person gaming, but my bet is that getting a character raped in anonymized online play would still generally be unwelcome. There are women who like rape fantasies, but I suspect they would at least want a clearly marked context, and gaming in general is not that context.

Link thanks to Joe Bednorz in rec.arts.sf.written.

Translations wanted

I was contemplating the classic slogan which says in Latin "If you can read this, you're overeducated", and I have an upgrade*:

(In Latin) If you can read this, you have begun your education.
(In Sanskrit) Now, how about Sanskrit?

The second language doesn't have to be Sanskrit, but I think it should be a major real world language that doesn't use the Roman alphabet.

*I don't believe there's such a thing as overeducation.

Translations wanted

I was contemplating the classic slogan which says in Latin "If you can read this, you're overeducated", and I have an upgrade*:

(In Latin) If you can read this, you have begun your education.
(In Sanskrit) Now, how about Sanskrit?

The second language doesn't have to be Sanskrit, but I think it should be a major real world language that doesn't use the Roman alphabet.

*I don't believe there's such a thing as overeducation.

Not fade away

I'm very fond of the brontosaurus and don't think wetlands are an adequate substitute for swamps. I don't care as much about Pluto being a planet, but I realize a lot of people do. What else do you want defended from the howling winds of modernity?

Not fade away

I'm very fond of the brontosaurus and don't think wetlands are an adequate substitute for swamps. I don't care as much about Pluto being a planet, but I realize a lot of people do. What else do you want defended from the howling winds of modernity?