Comments on: Kick-Ass and the Ethics of Gameplay http://www.tannerhiggin.com/2010/04/kick-ass-and-the-ethics-of-gameplay/ Race, Gender, and Power in Videogame Culture Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tanner http://www.tannerhiggin.com/2010/04/kick-ass-and-the-ethics-of-gameplay/comment-page-1/#comment-2985 Tanner Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:21:12 +0000 http://www.tannerhiggin.com/?p=286#comment-2985 @alex Thanks for the response. I would actually word my position differently. I don't see Kick-Ass, and the audience's reaction to it in my theater, as an example of desensitization but rather a different kind of sensitization perhaps borne from videogame culture. @alex

Thanks for the response. I would actually word my position differently. I don’t see Kick-Ass, and the audience’s reaction to it in my theater, as an example of desensitization but rather a different kind of sensitization perhaps borne from videogame culture.

]]> By: Alex Tse http://www.tannerhiggin.com/2010/04/kick-ass-and-the-ethics-of-gameplay/comment-page-1/#comment-2963 Alex Tse Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:56:48 +0000 http://www.tannerhiggin.com/?p=286#comment-2963 Thank you! I was very disturbed by Kick Ass the movie and I was disappointed to have this sentiment dismissed by people with "oh it's just a dumb movie" or "this is satire, just lighten up will you?". I'm so relieved to see you speaking out about it because the desensitizing effect of mass, mainstream media is NOT okay. I did in fact read Kick Ass the comic book and I wrote an article about its celebration of violence http://politicsrespun.org/2011/04/the-american-dream-courtesy-of-marvel/ PS we've met on twitter I am @alexnotangry :) Thank you! I was very disturbed by Kick Ass the movie and I was disappointed to have this sentiment dismissed by people with “oh it’s just a dumb movie” or “this is satire, just lighten up will you?”. I’m so relieved to see you speaking out about it because the desensitizing effect of mass, mainstream media is NOT okay.

I did in fact read Kick Ass the comic book and I wrote an article about its celebration of violence http://politicsrespun.org/2011/04/the-american-dream-courtesy-of-marvel/

PS we’ve met on twitter I am @alexnotangry :)

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]]> By: Inception as Videogame | Gaming the System: Tanner Higgin http://www.tannerhiggin.com/2010/04/kick-ass-and-the-ethics-of-gameplay/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Inception as Videogame | Gaming the System: Tanner Higgin Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:24:07 +0000 http://www.tannerhiggin.com/?p=286#comment-380 [...] the past year, I have been struck by how often I see videogames as informing other media productions. Up until recently, games were often thought of as struggling for legitimacy by trying (and [...] [...] the past year, I have been struck by how often I see videogames as informing other media productions. Up until recently, games were often thought of as struggling for legitimacy by trying (and [...]

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