Geek Herring
Critical Geek Culture
We found 6 episodes of Geek Herring with the tag “hearthstone”.
-
Geek Discussion: VKLiooon, & the Future of Women in eSports
November 22nd, 2019 | 30 mins 41 secs
blizzard, blizzard entertainment, esports, geek girls, girl gamers, girls who game, grandmasters, hearthstone, vkliooon, women in esports
eSports history has been made when VKLiooon won the Hearthstone Grandmasters during Blizzcon. Not only was she the first woman to win an international Hearthstone tournament, she was the first woman to win an international eSports tournament ever!
-
Geek Discussion: Hong Kong Protests, Blizzard Entertainment, & Cancel Culture
October 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 27 mins
blizzard, blizzard entertainment, cancel culture, censorship, current events, esports, grandmasters, hearthstone, hong kong, hong kong protests, politics
Geek Herring discusses a politically hot topic this week, giving an overview and our insights into Hearthstone streamer, Blitzchung's statement during the GrandMasters about the Hong Kong protests. Blizzard had made what seemed like a snap decision to delete the entire VOD of the stream, remove Blitzchung from the GrandMasters, revoke his prize money, and ban both him and the two casters from Blizzard eSports for a year.
-
Geek Interview: Life as a Hearthstone Pro & Not Feeding the Trolls with Pathra Cadness
September 27th, 2019 | 47 mins 54 secs
blizzard, blizzard entertainment, bwoh, content creator, esports, gamer girl, geek girl, geek girl in the news, geek girls, gender discrimination, grandmasters, hearthstone, indie games, interview, mdi, pathra, podcast, podcaster, twitch, twitch partner, video games
Rising up the ladder, hitting Legend, topping the Badass Women of Hearthstone league, and competing weekly in the Hearthstone GrandMasters is a journey, but not one without an emotional rollercoaster. We're joined by Pathra Cadness who's sharing her experience as a professional eSports athlete, currently competing at the GrandMasters!
-
Geek Girl in the News: Breastfeeding on Twitch, Banned Commercials, and Dr. Scully
September 6th, 2019 | 55 mins 52 secs
coding, game development, geek, geek girl, geek girl in the news, geek girls, gender discrimination, hearthstone, keanu reaves, nancy drew, online harassment, the matrix, twitch, twitch moderation, twitch streamers, video games, women in tech
The latest and greatest geek girl news from August 2019 covers breastfeeding on Twitch, the newest female Hearthstone pros, banned commercials promoting gender stereotypes, inspirational women in TV STEM careers, teaching girls to code, and some awesome pop culture news!
-
Geek Discussion: Rising Representation and Diversity in Video Games
June 14th, 2019 | 37 mins 37 secs
big boobs, boob representation, e3, e32019, gamer, gamer girl, geek feminism, geek girls, hearthstone, jaina, jaina proudmore, lara croft, representation, tomb raider, video game boobs, video game representation, video games, wow
Representation matters. In careers, media, and now, more than ever, video games! 2019 has been bringing us a whole amazing host of different character types: LGBTQ+, race, ability, size, and more!
-
Geek Girl in the News: Gillette's transgender ad, an end to child marriage, and Georgia's abortion bill
June 7th, 2019 | 58 mins 36 secs
artificial intelligence, batman, change.org, chelsea, football, geek girl news, gillette, hearthstone, hearthstone grandmasters, nigeria, pathra, robert pattinson, transgender
The latest and greatest geek girl news from May 2019 covers Gillette's newest ad featuring a father and his transgender son, Nigerian geek girls fighting for an end to child marriage, Netflix taking a stand against Georgia's new abortion bill, R Patz officially becoming Batman, football, Hearthstone Grandmasters, and more!