They Made A Video Game About Slavery, And It’s Actually Good
1:00PM February 15, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton


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Julie Bond Ellingboe talks about her game on slave narratives and the issue of misery tourism, Steal Away Jordan:

I like slave narratives, both historical artifacts and fictional works (Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Marlon James Book of Night Women are my favorites). My mom is an African American History professor. And my parents grew up in Western ( Read more... )

Anyone who might be attending  Dreamation this year might want to sign up for What To Do About Tam Lin?(PDF), a LARP about Fae Court and the litigation over the soul of a changeling and a mortal lover.

This game is designed and run by Emily Care Boss and Julia Bond Ellingboe (creator of Steal Away Jordan).

Another example of how white folks can't imagine POC outside of their own definitions for us.Basically, I just wanted a setting where you could have a bunch of POC with a wide range of skin tones. I'm irritated over the idea that POC can't exist in fantasy without the stereotypes or having to exist in some kind of historical context, when most ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, I got interviewed on Bear's Grove podcast, about race and roleplaying. My first podcast! I won't get a chance to hear it until after work tonight, let me know what you think.

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Article on diversifying recruitment in the games industry at blackbritain (UK-centric) which quotes Matthew Jeffery, Head of European Recruitment at Electronic Arts ( Read more... )

I suspect this article's a bit too basic to interest most of deadbro's gamers but I thought it was notable that the subject is being brought up via a major media outlet.

State of Play: A wide world of games, by Margaret Robertsonhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/

A surprisingly progressive discussion on the topic. At least in the sense that two POC have gotten a chance to speak and not be shouted down ( Read more... )