So a female vlogger (lord, that’s an ugly word) Anita Sarkeesian turns to Kickstarter to help fund some shows about female character tropes in video games. Trolls show up en masse to abuse her, deface her Wiki page and basically do the awful things they can do to drive her off. At what point did “protecting … Continue reading
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The Unplayed Gaming List – January 2012
Xmas has come and gone. The Xmas and post-Xmas sales have come and gone. Time to update the unplayed gaming list. Dispatched Bayonetta (X360): Finished this on Normal difficulty, started again on the next harder difficulty and have shelved the game after running into a roadblock at a particular Alfheim Portal. Might come back to … Continue reading
What Proportion of Games Actually Get Completed By Players?
One area I’ve been curious on for a while is what proportion of players actually complete the games they play. A lot of attention gets put on games about how their narrative sophistication is evolving and how players love playing for the story they uncover, but all of that is so much puffery if the … Continue reading
The Unplayed Gaming List – October 2011
2011 has been a hell of a year for games. Despite calls from some circles that gaming today is awful and in the decline, when I look around I see a lot of strong gaming titles out (and coming out) that I want to find time to play. Hence: this list, to remind me at … Continue reading
World Class Villains 