During a conversation in a slack channel focused on all the feelings we feel when we play BioWare games, a question of identity and relatedness came up. We started talking about why BioWare games stand out on this count. For me, they do, and I think they always will. The only other games where I'm... Continue Reading →
It isn’t censorship
I wrote a long blog post the other day about censorship, games and really strange arguments I've heard when talking to a select group of people within the gaming industry and culture. A friend asked me to translate that post. I wrote the original post as an answer to a bunch of comments that were... Continue Reading →
Disbelief
When GamerGate was at its worst, and still in the public eye 1, one of the most common reactions from Gators- that I saw - was disbelief. "She's just making it up" "she's pretending to be a victim" "she's manipulating you into thinking she's being harassed". This was interspersed with videos from different YouTube personalities... Continue Reading →
Dear Ratings troll
Dear ratings troll. I noted that you spent much of the first of June to go through all my blog posts and add a 1 rating on them. I know this, because the time stamps on the ratings are very close together in time. I'm especially impressed by the fact that you either asked your... Continue Reading →
Flowcharts
Okay, so a while back (longer than I care to think about), a friend of mine asked "how do I make a flowchart?!" the easiest answer to that question is "damned if I know, I just wing it every time". It's actually true. I've made about a million flowcharts while working with game interfaces, but... Continue Reading →
For your consideration
I wish I knew what title to give this post. I wish I had a clear idea of what to write, what to say. But I don't. I suppose I could make it a commentary on Notch's twitter fumble a while back, the one where he was called a dick, so he called someone a... Continue Reading →