Well it is that time of year again! The Holidaze is upon us! This week writer Mark joins us for the show and we talk about a host of different items for gift giving this year. (Even if those gifts are to yourself!) Regina's Recommendations High-Tech Wii U FitBit Wireless Activity Tracker in Midnight Blue… Continue reading Episode 89 – High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech, Ho Ho Ho!
Nothing To Prove - A must see Hold on to your keyboards and your controllers, dear geeky gaming listeners! This week we have Angela and Aubrey Webber, AKA The Doubleclicks, on the show! If you don't know their music you are seriously missing out because it is sweet, snarky, and elegantly geeky. You can listen on… Continue reading Episode 88 – The Doubleclicks!
This week, Rhonda and I talk about the recent implementation by a handful of Swedish cinemas to rate movies based on the Bechdel test. We discuss whether this is a fair means of measuring the worth of a movie or if the test itself is too limiting. Would a gender rating influence your movie selection on a Saturday… Continue reading Episode 87 – Gender Ratings: A Good or Bad Idea?
Delighted to have another host from the Ladies of Leet join us for the show this week. Nicole Spag joins us for a great conversation and perhaps the fastest hour of conversation we've ever had on Game on Girl! Nicole is a gamer, podcaster, mom, app developer... oh my! Rhonda and I WRaP about our week in geek, chatting… Continue reading Episode 86 – Nicole Spag from LoL
Darla Kennerud, Managing Editor at Privateer Press, joins us this week. We talk about what it means to be an editor, specifically in the game industry and at a company that has such a massive amount of lore and history to its games. Rhonda and Regina also WraP about our geeky week with what we're Watching,… Continue reading Episode 85 – Darla Kennerud from Privateer Press
Have we got a fantastic episode for you this week! Honestly, we could have chatted for hours with Kim Price from The Ladies of Leet podcast! Listen to hear us discuss game podcasting, retro gaming parents, and more! In our Gender Sells segment, we talk about two commercials and dancing hamsters that make the doc scratch her head. Commercials:… Continue reading Episode 84 – Kim Price from LoL
The focus of this week's show comes from a letter a listener sent us about playing online with his eight year old daughter. We talk about strategies for raising strong gamer girls and how to deal with trolling that should be reserved for adult gamers. We have some new commercials we discuss and a quick… Continue reading Episode 83 – Raising Strong Gamer Girls
We have an eclectic show for you this week. We take on several different topics in one show! Introducing a new segment, we talk about gender stereotypes in commercials. "Gender Sells" will become a regular segment and one we'd love to hear your suggestions about. Then we talk about two short Wonder Woman videos shared… Continue reading Episode 82 – Wonder Woman Short Films, Game Narratives, & Gender Sells! Oh my!
We have a great conversation for you this week as we chat with new writer for the Game on Girl site, Amy Joel. Amy shares stories from her gaming history, gaming present, and her gaming family. Check out her intro on the site and keep an eye out for more articles! Amy joins us as we WRaP up… Continue reading Episode 81 – New Writer: Amy Joel
Some interesting discussions popped up around the selection of this year's Miss America. Social networks were ablaze with this story from BuzzFeed which chronicled many racist Tweets about the crowing of Nina Davuluri, the first Indian-American to win the title. From there, Ben Kuchera at Penny Arcade and Alyssa Rosenberg from Think Progress posted responses to the idea that public shaming might be used as… Continue reading Episode 80 – Public Shaming
