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Sexual Repression
12014-08-25T11:55:56-07:00Steve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a80530252plain2014-08-26T10:57:35-07:00Steve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805Among the examples seen here, it is possible to identify three common forms of associating video games with sexually repressed behavior.
Tag these clips: Gamer (2009) Center of the World (2001) War Games 2: The Dead Code (2008) Tron Legacy (2010) The X-Files, "First Person Shooter" (2000) The Big Bang Theory, "The Dumpling Paradox" (2007)
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12014-08-07T10:37:07-07:00Steve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805Gamer avatar selection1The process of avatar selection for the game "Society" portrayed in the movie Gamer perpetuates negative stereotypes of gamersplain2014-08-07T10:37:07-07:00Critical Commons2009VideoGamer2012-09-13T22:01:57ZSteve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805
12014-08-07T10:37:08-07:00Steve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805Gamer stereotypes on the X-Files FPS1Stereotypes of gamers and digitally generated cybervixens abound when video games are depicted on televisionplain2014-08-07T10:37:08-07:00Critical Commons2000VideoX-Files S7E13 "First Person Shooter" 2012-08-31T18:44:12ZSteve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805
12014-08-07T10:37:11-07:00Steve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805Sexually repressed hacker gamer stereotype in The Center of the World1A stereotypical dotcom era computer genius simultaneously plays first person shooters and watches a sorority house shower webcamplain2014-08-07T10:37:11-07:00Critical Commons2001VideoThe Center of the World2012-10-16T21:14:23ZSteve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805
12014-08-07T10:43:09-07:00Steve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805Videogames as pornography on the X-Files FPS1A porn star is suspected of having committed murder inside a video game after a body scan transformed her into a virtual avatarplain2014-08-07T10:43:09-07:00Critical Commons2000VideoX-Files S7E13 "First Person Shooter" 2012-08-31T18:44:12ZSteve Anderson3e015d75989f7e2d586f4e456beb811c3220a805