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4 stars.
Girl gaming and gold farming and mild feminism, oh my!
Big picture under the cut: Sexism in the gaming/geek industry and culture, and the strange absence of the topic in this graphic novel.
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In Real Life follows a girl named Anda as she learns to grow in self-confidence while playing a game called Coarsegold Online. The story is set up with Anda getting a free invite to the game as long as she uses a female avatar, as Coarsegold Online is meant to be a game where girl gamers can be free ...more
Girl gaming and gold farming and mild feminism, oh my!
Big picture under the cut: Sexism in the gaming/geek industry and culture, and the strange absence of the topic in this graphic novel.
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In Real Life follows a girl named Anda as she learns to grow in self-confidence while playing a game called Coarsegold Online. The story is set up with Anda getting a free invite to the game as long as she uses a female avatar, as Coarsegold Online is meant to be a game where girl gamers can be free ...more
Jun 11, 2020
Melina
marked it as to-read
