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|  | TransLash Media CEO Imara Jones reflects on JK Rowling and 'Hogwarts Legacy' 2023-03-11
- The action role-playing game Hogwarts Legacy has been making big news lately—and it's not just because so many people are playing it. Hogwarts Legacy, inspired by writer J.K. Rowling's wizarding ...
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| | Queer players of color explore gender, sexuality through role-playing games at NU 2021-12-08
- All of the characters Akbar creates have a similar background: They are intensely asexual, visibly South Asian and around Akbar's age. Sometimes the characters dress like Akbar, too. Akbar uses these characters for Tabletop Club, a ...
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| | VIEWS Reporting on queers of color needs to investigate absence as much as presence 2021-11-19
- Earlier this month, I pitched a Windy City Times article that sought to explore how role playing games (RPGs), such as Dungeons & Dragons, enable queer people of color (QPOC) to explore their gender and sexuality ...
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| | SPORTS Blackhawks launch first NFT collection 2021-08-26
- The Chicago Blackhawks announced the team's first officially licensed non-fungible token (NFT) collection composed of 12 hockey character cards and 2,000 digital tickets, all inspired by retro 8-bit gaming graphics. ...
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| | Trans, non-binary youth influencers launch book collection with "A Kids Book About" 2021-04-12
--From a press release - Chicago, IL - April 12, 2021 - While many teens took e-learning as an opportunity to level-up their gaming skills, a group of young people chose instead to write a collection of books about their lives. ...
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| | Talkin' Tech: Ocasio-Cortez first in Congress to use Twitch platform to 'get out the vote' 2020-10-23
- In what is a first, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used the Twitch streaming platform for gamers to encourage gamers to help her 'get out the vote' before the Nov. 3 elections. She played the game Among ...
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| | Infographic shows trends in LGBTQ+ representation in video games 2019-10-03
- Green Man Gaming today released a new infographic that explores the representation of the LGBTQ+ community in video games to coincide with the forthcoming launch of its brand new Pride Run game. The infographic, which uses ...
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| | Chicago-based Transit Tees launches LOOP: The Elevated Card Game 2018-10-29
- CHICAGO (October 29, 2018)—Chicago-based Transit Tees, an official manufacturer of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) products that also designs and produces its own local and transit-themed merchandise, is excited to launch ...
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| | Temple Professor Helps Launch First Exhibit of LGBTQ Video Game Archives 2018-06-25
From a press release - PHILADELPHIA — June 21, 2018 — For the first time worldwide, the queer history of video games will be explored in a major museum exhibition: "Rainbow Arcade" will open at Schwules Museum Berlin in December 2018. ...
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Cards Against Humanity Releases Pride-themed Expansion Pack 2018-06-19
From a press release - CHICAGO — Cards Against Humanity announced today a new "Pride Pack," an expansion pack that contains 30 new cards about queer culture. "As a member of the queer community, it means so much to me when ...
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| | Huberman named to board of gaming company 2017-05-17
- Ron Huberman—an openly gay man who, at times, headed both Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Transit Authority, and worked in several other official capacities for the city during the Richard M. Daley administration—has been named ...
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| | Bill cracks down on Pokemon GO 2016-08-30
- State Rep. Kelly Cassidy introduced a measure to protect sensitive geographical areas from augmented reality games such as Pokemon GO. At the Loyola Dunes Restoration Site in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, a PokeStop had been placed ...
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| | THEATER REVIEW Ask Aunt Susan 2014-06-11
- Playwright: Seth Bockley. At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Tickets: 312-443-3800; www.GoodmanTheatre.org/AuntSusan; $10-$40. Runs through: June 22 The literary plot device of gaming the gamer has remained evergreen since ...
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| | Wonka Ball plays 'Gaymes' 2014-05-14
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - About Face Theatre (AFT) presented its annual fundraiser with a gaming theme, "The Gayme Show!," on May 9 at Macy's on State Street in its event center. The LGBT community turned out in droves, wearing festive ...
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| | Drag/gaming venue in Vegas; trans woman pleads manslaughter 2012-05-09
NATIONAL ROUNDUP: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Promoted as "the nation's first drag queen-staffed bar and gaming venue," Drink & Drag held its grand opening in Las Vegas May 5, according to a press release. The 22,000-square-foot venue features 12 bowling lanes, billiards, ...
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