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Surrealist Games – The Exquisite Corpse

Surrealist Games – The Exquisite Corpse

A piece of paper folded the number of times there are players, each player draws on their section, with a slight overlap on fold to give the next player a starting point, pass it on without the next player seeing your contribution, or any others. The surrealists...

VIDEO: Kickstarter Feminism & The e-Court of Public Opinion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feW-4dMwWBg TRANSCRIPT: The reason internet feminism is vicious is because it's too easy to call someone a sexist and the rewards are too great. If I make a claim that a person, instition or even a video game is sexist, I don't need any...

Cool Wiz, Hot Vids.

Hey. I'm ACoolWizard. Prepare to be spellbound. You heard me right, the name's Cool Wizard (yes, that Cool Wizard) and I'm here to blow your minds with how great I am at video games. My new game-streaming web-series debuted on Youtube today (yes, that Youtube) and I'm...

ZORK — You are Likely to be Triggered by a Grue

ZORK — You are Likely to be Triggered by a Grue

You are sitting in front of your Tumblr dashboard. It contains a pitch black and patriarchy white screengrab from text-based adventure game released in 1977. You are likely to be triggered by a grue. >What is a grue A grue is an oppressive, lurking white male in...

Pong Wasn’t Sexist — Gender Signifiers in Early Gaming

Pong Wasn’t Sexist — Gender Signifiers in Early Gaming

  Pong Wasn't Sexist -- Gender Signifiers in Early Gaming NEW: Watch my apology for this article on Youtube. Modern gaming critics have a considerable advantage these days. Games are longer, more involved and fall on different price points giving a critic the...

This War of Mine: Is Hope the Highest Reward?

This War of Mine: Is Hope the Highest Reward?

There is no glory in This War of Mine, things just get worse. Most war games only ask players to defeat an assigned enemy. First-person-shooters especially are guilty of this, the desire for adrenaline outweighing a realistic depiction of war. This type of game asks...