Desegregating the Toy Store
Catalog image via viewer.zmags.com and rt.com The moment they are born (and even before), children are shaped by gendered expectations: boys today are born into a world of blue and girls in pink. Boys...
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A new, educational toy from Japan, Wammy. Photo by japan_style via flickr. With the holidays bringing so much attention to our shopping habits and stores, many odd trends are bound to crop up. One...
View ArticleKings of the Court
All eyes have been on LeBron James. Despite some predictions, he hasn’t—yet—disappointed. When ESPN began broadcasting LeBron James’ high school games to a national audience some years ago, basketball...
View ArticleReproducing Reality in Fantasy-Land: Online Gaming and Offline Behaviors
Photo by Eduardo Hulshof, Flickr CC. Ubisoft has been trying to find out what makes its gamers tick. Nick Yee, a researcher fronting the company’s internal “Daedalus Project,” now has a new book, The...
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