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I’m Not Giving Up The Ebert Debate: Why It Matters to Diversity in Games that Video Games are Art

The Joel funko pop should have been the first to go on Ebert’s grave, and the Ellie funko pop should show that, at least for now, video…

19 min readOct 20, 2020

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I’m Not Giving Up The Ebert Debate: Why It Matters to Diversity in Games that Video Games are Art

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D.

Grief, Gender, and Critical Praise

The Marvel Cinematic Universe smash hit WandaVision might have something to say about coping with loss-but why have critics taken to it…

15 min readFeb 28, 2021

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Grief, Gender, and Critical Praise

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Virtual Private Clouds and 2020s Internet Security: No Country for Old Sysadmins

So, when I was young and impetuous and somewhat more invested in arguing about tabletop roleplaying games online, I decided the tabletop…

2 min readOct 26, 2020

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Representation is a Minefield — The Queer Safety Aesthetic

Fictional Violence, Aesthetic Genre, and the Illusion of Safety through the Reshaping of “Shock”

23 min readOct 10, 2020

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Lewis Prothero, a Trump-resembling character from V for Vendetta, speaks on a television channel from the film called BTN.

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The Great Silence of 2020 Web Design: The ‘Annihilation’ of Algorithmic Comprehensibility

One of my earliest exposures to data science research, or really any research at all, when I was growing up was SETI@Home, which when I…

18 min readSep 22, 2020

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Jodie Foster’s Ellie Arroway sits in front of the Arecebo Radio Telescope observatory in the film Contact, with headphones

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Beginning My Quest: Become a Software Engineer/Data Scientist or Bust!

When I was young, I was basically certain I would become a computer programmer. I loved everything about computers, and not just games — I…

11 min readSep 2, 2020

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Worksheets and Dinosaurs: Putting the Violent Actions of The Last of…

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind for anyone who pays attention to video game journalism. Essentially daily a new piece attacking…

26 min readJul 3, 2020

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Abby stands behind Ellie on the beach during their final fight. Both have short hair and are covered in blood.

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On Hot Takes, Privacy Norms, Identity, and Why I Stopped Blogging

Almost a year ago I wrote a Medium blog post which I tweeted about to my following of, at the time, about 2,000 Twitter followers, entitled…

7 min readJan 6, 2019

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On Hot Takes, Privacy Norms, Identity, and Why I Stopped Blogging

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Hollywood and Film vs. AAA and Indie Games: Who Is Losing Least in LGBT+ Representation?

A lot has been said recently about how so-called “AAA” video games are moving into the same cultural space that major Hollywood studio…

8 min readJun 21, 2018

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Hollywood and Film vs. AAA and Indie Games: Who Is Losing Least in LGBT+ Representation?

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Are Lesbian Characters Taking Over Video Games?

E3 is a gaming event where for about three days, the biggest studios in the gaming industry (and many of the smaller ones as well) announce…

17 min readJun 16, 2018

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D.

Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D.

Dr. Eleanor (Ellie) Amaranth Lockhart holds a Ph.D. in communication from Texas A&M & is currently researching topics related to popular culture & data science!

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