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IAP 2010 Activity


Button Mash: Gender and Gaming at MIT
Hillary Kolos, Mia Consalvo, Lynda Williams
Thu Jan 14, 01-07:00pm, NE25-373

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event

Button mashing is one of many stereotypes about women who game that this session will question. This event will explore issues around gender and gaming, as well as be an opportunity for female MIT students who play digital games to come together to talk and play. The day will kick off with a panel discussion with Mia Consalvo, visiting associate professor in CMS, and other female game researchers and/or game industry professionals. Following the panel, there will be time to play and discuss games that are interesting in terms of how they portray gender (ie Tomb Raider, Mirror's Edge, Fat Princess). After a dinner break (pizza will be served!), we will invite all participants to join in on a roundtable discussion of what it's like to be a woman that games at MIT.
Contact: Hillary Kolos, hkolos@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Comparative Media Studies
Latest update: 18-Dec-2009


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