Hello everyone and welcome to Game on Girl the podcast!
Episode #1 – What Does it Mean to be a gamer?
Please follow and subscribe to my new podcast available here or click play on the player below! This first show discusses two of the main questions from the interviews, namely “How do you define a gamer?” and “What does it mean to be a gamer?” This episode is a compilation of the interviews I conducted but as the show evolves I’ll be conducting new interviews. If you’d like to chat about gaming, and game culture, send me an email.
Here are some links that are relevant to this episode:
In this episode we heard from Callie, Hontou, Carmen Grey, PinkGeek, and McSherrie.
Some other links we talk about during the show:
Team Unicorn
Frag Dolls
Source for play time in Bejeweled Blitz.
TripleFox on Jamendo – Episode Theme Song, “Good Day”
Game On Girl in iTunes.
This podcast was produced using Audacity and is licensed under the Creative Commons.
Game on!
Regina
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Published by Regina McMenomy
Regina is a gamer, writer, teacher, and podcaster living in the Pacific Northwest. She completed her Ph.D. in 2011 from Washington State University in Vancouver and continues to teach there part time. Regina’s research interests focus on women and technology, and her dissertation discusses female gamers and identity in digital role playing games. A lifelong geek and technology enthusiast, Regina recently started a Girls Who Code club in support of their mission to close the gender gap in technology.
To continue the conversations about gender and gaming that Regina started during her research, she started a podcast called Game on Girl. Called the “NPR of game podcasts” by Chris Brown of The Married Gamers, the podcast features women involved in the game industry, and tackles some of the complicated issues in the gaming community. Season 2 began in the spring of 2018 and will premiere new episodes monthly.
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I just want to say how proud I am of you, and also that there have been very few podcasts that made me say “What? over already? I want more!”
Great Job!
Started listening and it was so interesting now I am late for an event! Super excited to hear more. Excellent insight to a special group of people.
Thanks, Don! Don’t worry – there are more to come! 🙂
That is the best compliment EVER! Thanks, La Vonne. 🙂
I found the part that McSherrie said about calling yourself a gamer versus being welcomed to the gamer culture by existing gamers really interesting. I immediately thought of one of the newest episodes of Big Bang Theory where Howard is waiting for (and attempting to manipulate) the process of him receiving his ISS nickname. Many cultural groups assert that same protocol.
I also was rather intrigued that none of the definitions included a specific type or group of games. It leads me to ask the question if someone invests the time, and engages in the FB culture of Bejeweled Blitz, Words with Friends, Farmville, etc, would/could they be considered a gamer?
Just my two cents. 🙂
What an excellent connection, Bethany! My favorite part of that BBT episode is how Howard tries to sway the nickname they are going to give him and then it blows up in his face. More often than not self identity is shaped by how others perceive us and how we either adopt of fight those definitions. That is one of the reasons I focused the dissertation on female gamers since the stereotype and common definition associated with “gamer” is usually male.
I am also curious about how “social” gaming like that done on FB or other social networks fits into the definition of a gamer. When I think back on my own experience gaming, I think about how I learned to play Blackjack at a very young age and how my family always had some sort of game going on during family get togethers. We still play those games when we get together but we also throw in a few rounds of Rock Band just for good measure. 🙂
Thanks for your insightful comment! Everyone’s two cents are welcome.
Regina