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  Gamer Mom: LIMBO from X-Box Arcade

  Posted on October 5, 2010 by Kat French in story & craft

  Back in the spring, Roger Ebert created a mild stir by insisting that Videogames Will Never Be Art.  I personally think he’s not really qualified to make that judgment.  But I did play a game recently that, while I have a hard time recommending it for other reasons, could probably make a fair case for [...]

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  Gamer Mom – Dragon Age Origins

  Posted on January 5, 2010 by Kat French in story & craft

  Dragon Age Origins bills itself as a “dark fantasy epic about violence, lust and betrayal.” That pretty much sums it up from an adult content perspective. It’s much like a darker, bloodier, sexed-up Lord of the Rings.

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  Video Games, Adult Content, and Being a Gaming Parent

  Posted on November 21, 2009 by Kat French in managing attention, story & craft

  My husband Chris and I are both video gamers.  We have been since we were hanging out in my family room at the age of fifteen, interspersing makeout sessions with long periods of playing Super Mario Brothers together. (He refused to play Contra with me because I kept accidentally killing him in co-op mode.  I [...]

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