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Monthly Archives: October 2013

TLF: Life Outside the Sandbox

27 Oct

Unlike most of the gaming world, I will not be playing Grand Theft Auto V: I explain why over on TLF. It’s a long and involved explanation, so you’ll have to go read it over there.

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Digital Longevity

22 Oct

Since today I was handed an article entitled saving games and then saw this article from IGN’s Mitch Dyer arguing that games can’t last, it seems that the universe is pushing me to address the seeming “issue” of videogame impermanence. … Read More »

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You say Potato… I say Misogynist.

8 Oct

Gamers Against Bigotry posted a link to a Wired piece about female soldier skins (character art, basically) in the online game Warface that struck a chord with me about a recurring problem in videogame – and fantasy – depiction of women. … Read More »

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TLF: Don’t Judge Too Harshly

7 Oct

My review of Gears of War: Judgment is up over at TLF! I’m afraid that at this juncture in the semester, I’m lucky to have even that much to say about games and gaming, although I am learning quite a … Read More »

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