Play Dirty

For the past couple weeks, I've been keeping an eye on Joystiq's biweekly feature, Playing Dirty, by Bonnie Ruberg. The most recent essay is a fascinating look at gender roles and gender play in the context of gaming.

Games have always played with our conceptions of sexuality - directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally. Remember Birdo?

I love Bonnie's writing. Joystiq is a great gaming site, and one of my favorite places to go for news. I'm glad that they've included this feature, and I hope that it helps to disseminate some of the gender issues inherent in games to a mainstream gaming audience.