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BO RUBERG, Ph.D.
To reach Dr. Ruberg, please email them at bruberg [at] uci.edu. You can also find them on Twitter as @myownvelouria.
Dr. Ruberg is a Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine.
For more information about Dr. Ruberg and their work, please visit the "Bio & Contact" section or their UCI faculty page.OUR GLASS LAKE
is Bo's blog and personal website.- Title: "'Look, make Mother take you and me to Our Glass Lake tomorrow.' These were the textual words said to me by my twelve-year-old flame in a voluptuous whisper." -Lolita
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Category Archives: Video games
The Queerness and Games Conference is open for submissions!
I’m thrilled to say that the inaugural Queerness and Games Conference is officially moving from idea to full-blown reality. Thanks to my amazing co-organizers, we now have a website, a Twitter feed, an event space, a bit of basic funding, … Continue reading
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Everything’s coming up queerness and games
I’m in the midst of co-organizing The Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon) a Berkeley’s Center for New Media, and I’m excited. The event is bringing together academics and game developers to talk about a variety of topics at the intersection … Continue reading
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Games industry sexism: sometimes it’s the little things
Sometimes sexism in the games industry is big and blatant, as this week’s GDC controversies have made clear. Sexy ladies dance for our amusement at IDGA parties. Sexy ladies hand out energy drinks at Moscone. Some guy tells Felicia Day … Continue reading
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Teaching sex on the internet
I’m excited to be teaching this summer a new course that I designed for the Gender & Women’s Studies department. It’s titled “Gender and Sexuality in Digital Cultures,” but it might as well be called “Sex on the Internet.” Topics … Continue reading
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“Sex as Game: Playing with the Erotic Body in Virtual Worlds”
I published my first academic essay! It’s like being a nascent, nineteen-year-old freelance journalist all over again. “Sex as Game: Playing with the Erotic Body in Virtual Worlds” came out in Rhizomes 21: Hives and Tribes this past week. Rhizomes … Continue reading
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What happens when art students follow instructions literally
The lecture and workshop on homosexuality in video games that I gave a week or two back at The University of Gotland’s GAME department seemed to go over quite well. Incidentally, during the workshop portion–which involved breaking students into groups … Continue reading
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Bonnie goes to Sweden, talks about everything ever
There appears to be a decently high chance that I will be up and flying to Visby this Sunday to speak at the University of Gotland. Gotland, as I, a member of the geographically largely uneducated, have only recently learned, … Continue reading
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