http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-celestine-arnold-and-digital-multiculture.html Ideas & Trends Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-celestine-arnold-and-digital-multiculture.html/comment-page-1#comment-257388 Videos Recap: PSFK Conference New York 2009 - PSFK.com Wed, 20 May 2009 15:37:26 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=32353#comment-257388 [...] Good Open To Change New York New Media City As Canvas Reconnect Building Healthy Brands With Heart Ghost In The Machine: Digital Multiculture New Idea Agencies This Platform Called Everyday [...] [...] Good Open To Change New York New Media City As Canvas Reconnect Building Healthy Brands With Heart Ghost In The Machine: Digital Multiculture New Idea Agencies This Platform Called Everyday [...]

]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-celestine-arnold-and-digital-multiculture.html/comment-page-1#comment-257223 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2009-05-17 Sun, 17 May 2009 12:30:57 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=32353#comment-257223 [...] Video: PSFK Conference NYC: Celestine Arnold and Digital Multiculture - PSFK.com "At PSFK Conference NYC, Celestine Arnold gave an eye-opening talk on the “Ghost in the Machine: Digital Multiculture.” Celestine discussed the role of race and culture in video games - and the gaming industry’s failure to address (and successfully market towards) it. While minorities make up a disproportionately large percentage of the gaming community, most games cater to an assumed mainstream (white, male) player. Many of the same inequities, stereotypes, and social/class relations that exist in the real world, Celestine demonstrated, carry over into the gameworlds as well. And as fantastical and hyperreal as games can be, the very real effects of racism are pervasive within games and the gaming community as a whole." (tags: race racism society videogames) [...] [...] Video: PSFK Conference NYC: Celestine Arnold and Digital Multiculture – PSFK.com "At PSFK Conference NYC, Celestine Arnold gave an eye-opening talk on the “Ghost in the Machine: Digital Multiculture.” Celestine discussed the role of race and culture in video games – and the gaming industry’s failure to address (and successfully market towards) it. While minorities make up a disproportionately large percentage of the gaming community, most games cater to an assumed mainstream (white, male) player. Many of the same inequities, stereotypes, and social/class relations that exist in the real world, Celestine demonstrated, carry over into the gameworlds as well. And as fantastical and hyperreal as games can be, the very real effects of racism are pervasive within games and the gaming community as a whole." (tags: race racism society videogames) [...]

]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-celestine-arnold-and-digital-multiculture.html/comment-page-1#comment-256076 All Cultures Enjoy Killing Nazi Zombies « A Suit in Sneakers Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:13:26 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=32353#comment-256076 [...] always has fascinating stuff. This recent post of Celestine Arnold’s talk called “Ghosts in the Machine: Digital Multiculture” certainly did not disappoint. As [...] [...] always has fascinating stuff. This recent post of Celestine Arnold’s talk called “Ghosts in the Machine: Digital Multiculture” certainly did not disappoint. As [...]

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