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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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Column: The sexist culture of gaming

Column: The sexist culture of gaming

By Avery Alexander, Senior Writer • September 1, 2021
There is a very thin line between actual constructive criticism and just being a jerk.
Hip-hop artist Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, whose stage name is Sammus, performs Feb. 26 at an Ithaca Underground show at The Haunt. Sammus will perform April 21 in the Emerson Suites and lead a panel the following day on race and video gaming as part Pippi to Ripley.

Annual Pippi to Ripley event to discuss sexuality in fiction

By Olivia Riggio, Staff Writer • April 18, 2017
On April 21 and 22, avid pop culture fans and self-proclaimed nerds will meet for the fourth biennial Pippi to Ripley conference.
Twitch.tv logged a total 241,441,823,059 minutes streamed in 2015, according to Twitch 2015 Retrospective, which equates to 459,366 years.

Against the clock: Students challenge typical gaming methods

By Kalia Kornegay, Staff Writer • February 15, 2017
A popular trend in the video game world, speedrunning aims to finish a video game as fast as possible, sometimes with certain rules and restrictions.
Sophomore Griffin Charyn, clarinetist, plays along to “Cara Mia Addio” from “Portal 2,” conducted by Bryce Tempest at the Feb. 12 rehearsal. Through music, the group aims to be empowered by the nerd stereotype that’s often associated with video gamers.

Orchestra aims to eradicate gender bias and video gamer stigma

By Kate Nalepinski, Life & Culture Editor • February 15, 2017
"[The Orchestra] brings these two seemingly different worlds together and helps us realize there’s actually a lot of similarities between the two.”
Members of the IC Game Developers Club pose during Global Game Jam, an event where gamers come together to create video games, on Jan. 25–27, 2013, in New York City. The college is hosting a 48-hour jam on Jan. 24.

Students unite in game-development marathon

By Amanda Hutchinson, Staff Writer • January 22, 2014
On Jan. 24, the college will host Global Game Jam, an international event where gamers and game developers team up to create video games for 48-hours.
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