Metacritic attracts a lot of criticism from various sources. How valid are those criticisms and why does Metacritic end up having so much apparent market power? Continue reading
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Lara Croft and The Creepy Destructoid; Or A Gaming Culture Time Capsule
A Destructoid article on what the author would like to do to a statue of Lara Croft is just the tip of the female-unfriendly iceberg in the site’s past. You probably shouldn’t read this at work, just in case. Continue reading
2012: Your Year in Gaming Misogyny
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
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
Great Moments in Game Advertising – Lara Croft And The Sphere of PR Disaster
In games advertising, self-administered wounds are becoming increasingly rare. As the games industry matures, there is at least some sense that what developers say to games journalists reporters is going to go to a wide, mainstream audience, so if something stupid is said a lot of people are going to hear it. Which is why … Continue reading
Australia Passes R18+ Gaming Classification, But…
… it’s only at the Federal level. It’s up to the States and Territories to then pass complementary legislation that allows the sale of R18+ titles. Are the States and Territories likely to pass such things on? It’s a good question and not one that I’ve seen get much attention. Just because the Attorneys-General decide … Continue reading
World Class Villains 