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Monthly Archives: July 2014

AIP/TLF: Managing the Team (XCOM)

28 Jul

My second as-I-play post on XCOM: Enemy Unknown has gone live on TLF. I’m a few more hours into the game now, and have started to see my soldiers carving out niches in terms of their tactical abilities (which really … Read More »

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Girl Gamer Identity

24 Jul

Earlier this week I talked to Elizabeth Ballou of Bustle about sexism in gaming (and found a fellow BioWare fangirl – always great). The resulting article, which discusses gender representation in games and talks to several other gamers, both male … Read More »

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Tired

22 Jul

So over the past week or so I’ve graduated to a new level of reaction to the rampant sexism that surrounds women in media and, especially, gaming. It’s getting to the point now where I’ve become exhausted just looking at … Read More »

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AIP/TLF: Invasion Initiated (XCOM)

21 Jul

Here’s the first “As-I-Play” post for XCOM: Enemy Unknown over at TLF. I haven’t gotten very far yet, so I’m sure my impressions will change – in other words, don’t start yelling at me because I haven’t fallen in love … Read More »

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Next Project?

18 Jul

So one of the things I’ve been meaning to do for a while is play through XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Everything I have heard about said game is that it’s awesome, and I’m really hoping that all the hype (and the … Read More »

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Fan Effect

15 Jul

So I was one of many people disappointed by the ending of Mass Effect 3. I was not, however, one of the people for whom the ending “ruined” the entire series. Nor was I one of the people calling for … Read More »

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TLF: You Died. Again.

8 Jul

My review of Dark Souls went up last night on TLF. For the sake of full disclosure, although if you actually read the title it should be obvious, I didn’t actually play Dark Souls. I watched. If I’d tried to … Read More »

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Binders and Gills and Inches, Oh MY!

1 Jul

(Note: Please read the last two words of the title as though you are George Takei, if only for your own personal amusement.) In what seems to be a followup to yesterday’s post about gender-customization and Ubisoft, today I get … Read More »

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