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I was on the radio
… talking about women serving in combat with several distinguished female military members, and several very silly people. One of them was both. It’s here at the BBC’s World Have Your Say (right-click...
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No, Wilbur, video games still don’t cause violence
In fine undergraduate form, Nicholas Wilbur has picked his hill to die on, viz, that video games cause violence. Wrapping himself in some research papers and a press release he has demonstrated his own...
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Sports, violence, and rape culture
REUTERS image by Yorgos Karahalis During the Louisville Cardinals’ regional semifinal game against Duke in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, sophomore guard Kevin Ware leapt to block a...
View ArticlePapers, Please – Adventures in Soviet-bloc border control
Despite the huge amount of creative talent employed by the games industry, new games generally fall into one of several recognizable categories – you have your puzzle games, your action platformers,...
View ArticleStop calling the Boston Bombs “IEDs”
As of this writing, there’s little known about the bombs used to attack the Boston Marathon Monday, other than that they were “unsophisticated” and “homemade.” But there are quite a few people who want...
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The Obsessive Complexity of Dwarf Fortress
The strange and amazing freeware title Dwarf Fortress will be installed as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s upcoming exhibit on video games soon, and the reaction to it on the part of most of the...
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Existential Clay Astronaunts: ‘The Swapper’ Reviewed
What is a “soul?” Can our personal senses of identity be explained by biochemistry alone, or is there something else that makes us … us? The Swapper is a remarkable little puzzle-platformer by...
View ArticlePat Robertson Is Confused About Video Games
Yesterday afternoon, I ran over a pedestrian. Didn’t even touch the brakes. He was an elderly fellow, I think; although I can’t be entirely certain because I didn’t get a great look at him as he went...
View ArticleFighting gaming’s real monsters – Gamers
It’s a funny time to be what I’ll call a “serious video games hobbyist”. On the one hand, there’s an embarrassment of riches: the medium has not only become more mainstream, but rapid advances in...
View ArticleGOG.com Offering Free Games to Furloughed Feds
Good Old Games, purveyors of classic computer games, ran a special “Shutdown Promo” yesterday for furloughed Federal employees. According to their website: Shutdowns are never popular, and all of the...
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