Yesterday the Law and Order episode about harassment in the gaming culture aired. I've not seen it, I don't have access to it, but based on the twitterfeed from Zoe Quinn (aptly named sighborg for the time being), it was a huge disappointment. Or rather, the upsurge in harassment from GamerGate following the episode was... Continue Reading →
Pushing privilege
I have been playing Bioware's games with great enjoyment for quite some time now. I didn't even know it at the time, but Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate eased me into the particular brand of game crafted by this company, a legacy lovingly built on by titles such as Knights of the Old Republic, Mass... Continue Reading →
The Creeping Cancer
This is the first time that GamerGate has managed to make me seriously upset. As in really dejected and sad. I wrote a rant on twitter about it, and I think I'll expand on it here on discordia. "Today is a bad day. GamerGate is still in full swing and the more I read about... Continue Reading →
Plague Inc. och clickbait
Alldeles nyss fick jag reda på att Thomas Arnroth har hamnat i.. ja, vad är det? Det är knappast blåsväder, för det handlar om en oerhört missvisande rubrik och clickbait ifrån Aftonbladet. Tycker i alla fall jag. Rubriken braskar "SVT visade spel som ska sprida ebola". Det artikeln säger, mer eller mindre är att i... Continue Reading →
Never ending
In materials science, fatigue is the weakening of a material caused by repeatedly applied loads. It is the progressive and localized structural damage that occurs when a material is subjected to cyclic loading. - Wikipedia In short, if you bend a piece of wire enough times it will break. I'm sure you've done it at... Continue Reading →
På Edolus finns det Thresher Maws
Just nu är det crunch på jobbet. Varandes Avalanche är det dock en crunch det går att leva med, åtminstone för vissa av oss. Work - life balance funkar bra där, kanske på grund av alla småbarnsföräldrar. Trots det har min brist på ork och tid fått mig att dra mig för att skriva om... Continue Reading →