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2015 Videogame Highlights
I played a few great games in 2015, but two stood out for me because I enjoyed them so much and spent a lot of time in their respective game worlds. Until Dawn and Life is Strange have common themes, the idea of choice and the impacts those choices have on outcomes, and it…
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2014 Videogame Highlights
I have other interests and activities besides videogames that occupy my time, so it’s uncommon for me to start games, much less complete them. I dislike adding to my long list of partially played games, and I rarely play games at launch anymore unless I’m extremely hyped. If I’m interested in a…
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Real World Matters In-Game
There has been much heated discussion about the recent Blizzard PR debacle stemming from an incident in which a player was reprimanded by a GM for advertising for her gay-friendly guild in a general chat channel. The discussion expanded to debate the “visibility” of a player’s and/or a character’s sexual…
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TN Boffins Ask Blizzard for Public Statement on Harassment Policy
Several of the Terra Nova folk have written an open letter to Blizzard. They ask the publisher of World of Warcraft for a formal statement saying that their Game Master was wrong to sanction player Sara Andrews for recruiting for her gay-friendly guild in WOW‘s public chat channels. They also…
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Lambda Legal Gets All Up in Blizzard’s Grill
Lambda Legal has issued a letter to Blizzard (full text posted on Kotaku): Although Blizzard is well within its rights to insist that players avoid referring to other gamers in an “insulting manner,†Blizzard cannot issue a blanket ban on any mention of sexual orientation or gender identity. There is…