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Monthly Archives: December 2012

Peace On Earth, Not so Much Goodwill

24 Dec

Given the time of year, this seems an appropriate topic heading. And an appropriate topic, if a controversial one. In the wake of what happened at Sandy Hook, many people have expressed not only their condolences to the families affected, … Read More »

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Ins and Outs

20 Dec

So about the last thing I expected in my in-box this morning was a response to yesterday’s post from Zoya at The Border House, and I have the feeling that Todd (who had inspired the original post from me) probably … Read More »

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Out with it!

19 Dec

So since a friend of mine (Todd Harper) wrote an Open Letter to Riot concerning the ambiguous sexuality of Taric, which was then picked up by Kotaku, I feel like jumping on the “come out of the closet” bandwagon, namely … Read More »

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No Girls Allowed (on the box)!

12 Dec

So a recent issue – and one which I intend to spend more time on at a future date when I have time – has come up since the release of the cover art for Bioshock Infinite (which you can … Read More »

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TLF Blog: “Blink”

6 Dec

Today I’m the guest poster over at The Learned Fangirl again, this time on Dishonored: “Blink: Dishonored, Ethical Play, and Why Not Killing People Can be So Much Fun.” The short version: Dishonored is fantastic, but not for the reasons … Read More »

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Game Criticism, TLF, Videogames

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