March 2012
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Why Final Fantasy XII doesn't suck.
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livvyplaysfinalfantasy:
I’ve always said that you either love XII or you hate it. And if you do hate it, that’s perfectly fine. But please, let’s not all just bash it unintelligently. The Final Fantasy fandom has a tendency of continuously recycling the same complaints with more efficiency than an American presidential campaign.
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THIS.
Ivalice for...
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Which essay would y'all prefer I write next?
- an essay examining the intersecting racism and sexism in Alan Wake: American Nightmare?
or
- a piece on the Silent Hill series as a whole, and the weaknesses which should be addressed in Silent Hill Downpour?
I’m going to write both eventually, I’m just having a hard time deciding which one to start. So I said, “Fuck it, just ask tumblr.”
Suggestions?
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zombierooster asked: Yuna. (/predictable)
b-mommy asked: Brother Genitivi.
Reblog this if you want someone to put a fictional...
icicleman:
MASS EFFECT EDITION!
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That horribly difficult moment...
… when you have to choose between watching
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
or Castle in the Sky
February 2012
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“It’s easy to hide behind that old journalistic convention of objectivity, but...”
– Boys Will Hire Boys and The Media is Male and Getting Maler by Amanda Hess (via ladylikegame)
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Half Life 3 Canceled
kittenball:
2 hours ago, the voice actor of Gordon Freeman was involved in a fatal car accident and perished before the perimedics arrived. Gabe Newell, stating it disrespectful to replace him, officially announced that HL3 will never come to be.
May he continue to exist in our hearts and minds, and may he also rest in peace.
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TIMJ
Hey guys~ I am excited to tell y’all today that I am now a writer at This is My Joystick!, a video game review site. Yay!
Y’all should check it out; there’s a large collection of reviews, features, and editorials, and there’s forums for discussing said writings.
I’ve not written anything for the site yet, but in March, I will be writing a piece about the...
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“In Mass Effect 3, one of the topics that will come up—for those who are looking...”
– ME3 Lead Writer Mac Walters in “The Roadmap to Love and Happiness” on the BioWare Blog (via earthlyillusion)
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oriasthetimelord asked: First off, your "ask" button goes to the wrong thing, it's broken. But to my TMI Tuesday question, what video game character would you not hesitate for an instant to have sex with if it were possible?
TMI Tuesday. →
icicleman:
go for it.
Why not? I’m bored.
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“The Pavlovian drive that pushes gamers to complete a tough level doesn’t apply...”
– Video Games and the Daily Grind | The Mary Sue (via quarterclever)
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Vagina Envy: Misogyny and the Gaming Community →
hyrulechozo:
This short piece by Alex Layne briefly recounts the Jennifer Hepler/BioWare situation and discusses how it fits into a larger pattern of misogyny and abuse of women within the gaming community.
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Infinite Lives » Video Game Feminist of the... →
…maybe twenty minutes further into Fallout 3, some teenaged bully is following me around, shouting, threatening—and trying, I think, to punch me in the teeth—and I just cannot shake the feeling that he thinks he is shouting at a guy. It’s as if his every pronoun has been shifted from “he” to “she,” carefully rerecorded for my personal edification, and yet it is glaringly obvious that the game’s...
On the ME3 multiplayer demo...
talldarkbishoujo:
antivian:
princesscheesecake:
unidentifiedspoon:
I decided to finally start using voice chat and warned a guy when he was getting snuck up on by a Phantom. Here’s what happened…
“thanks man—oh my god wait you’re a girl”
“holy shit what there are no girls on the internet lol”
“hey will you let me suck your tits”
And just as I was about to disconnect, guess what...
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Academic Scholarship for Women in Gaming →
hyrulechozo:
teal-deer:
I wish that this had been around when I was an undergraduate, because I would have been far more likely to have stuck to my original plan (get a dual major in mathematics and computer science with a minor in art; go on to a graduate program in game design of some sort) than what I actually did do.
This being the case, I’m here to spread the word. Check it, ladies.
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