In 2011 it looked a little bit like the gap in attitudes about women in gaming had started to close. Thank god 2012 came along and showed that the No Girls Allowed Club was still alive and kicking in video games. Continue reading
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Data Points In A Long Decline For MMOs
Just more evidence of a terrible 2012 in MMO-dom. Continue reading
#1ReasonWhy Was Badly Named; Turned Out To Be #100sReasonsWhy
It’s very easy for silence to be mistaken for acceptance, even approval, so speak up. Continue reading
Virgin Gaming: Place Your Bets
Would you be interested in earning money playing video games? To place a ‘bet’ on yourself to win a game versus another human opponent, where if you do win you’ll get real money back?
Or does the thought repulse you? Can you see the problems in letting people bet money on the outcome of video game contests? Continue reading
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Our Meeting Was Not a Coincidence
Nothing happens by accident. Unless you are EA releasing a Star Wars MMO. Continue reading
Great Moments in Game Journalism: A Stone-Throwing Contest in A Greenhouse
In the rush to blame Laurent Wainwright for destroying game “journalism” forever, there seems to be a large issue overlooked: Rob Florence could have written the entire article and not ever mention Wainwright. Or if he mentioned her, he could have said, “And here’s the kind of gaming press attitude I’m talking about, the one that can’t even see the problem”. He didn’t need to mention his suspicions and doubts based purely on a single other tweet. Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Yes, But What Have You Done Lately?
Courtesy of Gamasutra, with Brenda Brathwaite and John Romero at Indiecade… Continue reading
Point / Counterpoint: BioWare Before and After EA
With the news that BioWare founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzkya both announced their retirement from that company, it’s only fair to do a before and after. Continue reading
City of Heroes / Villains: There Was No CoH/V 2.0 Because…
… NCsoft wasn’t interested. Anonymously-sourced rumours follow. Continue reading
City of Heroes / Villains: Signature Heroes
The CoH/V community is making the loudest noise I can remember seeing in trying to save their title, getting 14 613 signatures in less than a week at the time of writing. Continue reading