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Eve: The most thrilling boring game in the universe
View ArticleMisogyny, Racism and Homophobia: Where do video games stand?
Three articles on BioWare Montreal’s Manveer Heir’s call to arms ‘Misogyny, Racism and Homophobia: Where do video games stand?’ at GDC 2014. Eurogamer, Polygon and GamesIndustry.
View ArticleLord of The Flies
This is where things can get unpleasant. You can handcuff people. You can break people’s legs with axes. You can force them to eat tainted food or drink bleach. These are mechanics coded into the game...
View ArticleInside the disintegration of a game jam reality show
“Every side was pulling for what they wanted, and in the end the side that mattered most got burned. We can’t have that,” Rosen writes, in a post that details the behind-the-scenes evolution of a...
View ArticleSuicide Is No Game
Phil Owen writes about 6 games that connect with his own experiences of suicidal ideation.
View ArticleSteam By The Numbers
Ars Technica does some Steam Community data slurping and comes up with some interesting numbers.
View ArticleGamefilter Redux
Gamefilter, the newest member of the MefightClub Network, is once again live and ready to serve up the latest and greatest gaming-related links for your hreffing pleasure.
View ArticleTerrific And Terrible
Early Access Games: Why They’re Terrific And Terrible At The Same Time
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Drinking and Driving
It’s Friday evening again, and as we’ve done so many hundreds — thousands? — of times before over the past 30 years, the Bearman and I are drinking together. He’s got rye and water, and I have my usual...
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Softcore Gamer
This is post #1 of 1 in the series “Softcore Gamer” Do you think of yourself as a game enthusiast, or even, heavens forbid, a ‘hardcore gamer’? If you’re reading this, you must be some species of...
View ArticleInnovated Too Much
“Dungeon Keeper suffered from a few things. I don’t think we did a particularly good job marketing it or talking to fans about their expectations for what Dungeon Keeper was going to be or ultimately...
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Important Internet Opinion: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
I never tire of walking around and looking at stuff in video games, as in life. Walking around and looking at stuff, I’m going to suggest mostly because it just occurred to me right this minute, is one...
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