The last few weeks in videogame culture have seen a level of combativeness more marked and bitter than any beforehand.
First, a developer—a woman who makes games who has had so much piled on to her that I don’t want to perpetuate things by naming her—was the target of a harassment campaign that…
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UPDATE: The Sun ‘investigation’ claims gaming is ‘as addictive as heroin’
LinkHad another argument with The Sun. Whoops.
UPDATE: The Sun ‘investigation’ claims gaming is ‘as addictive as heroin’
Iwata’s Wii U unboxing ‘ceremony’
LinkIn The Sun, innit
LinkOn the BBC, innit
LinkThe best piece of games writing I’ve read in a looooong time…
LinkBy Tom Bissell, published on Grantland
The best piece of games writing I’ve read in a looooong time…
The problem with the games review process
LinkIf you read games reviews then you really should read this excellent piece by Pat Garratt. You’ll be far better equipped to make a balanced purchasing decision for understanding the processes behind the reviews system.
Uniform Motion: Release day economics
LinkHomosexuality and the Bible
LinkExcellent read. And although it’s of course flippant, it makes a really quite fundamental point.
Yep, I’d live here
LinkThough time to time I’d get creeped out by the space and keep nervously looking behind me..
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