I Fucking Hate League of Legends
(Trigger Warning: homophobic language) I hate character designs that pander to an audience of straight teenage boys. I hate how complex and inaccessible the mechanics are, making it difficult for folks...
View ArticleMorally Guided Drone Strikes
If you live in rural Louisiana, and happen to suffer from a wild hog problem, you can pick up the phone and call in the Dehogaflier. Equipped with a thermal imaging camera and the ability to live-steam...
View ArticleTeaching Twine to Ten Year Olds
I saw Anna Anthropy speak in Chicago in 2012. She was touring for the release of her book, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, and visited a small Wicker Park studio space near my apartment. Anna is...
View ArticleSleeping My Way to the High Score
When will games have more same-sex romances that deal with the issues of actually starting and being in a same-sex relationship? It was fairly early on that I learned about coding in public spaces to...
View ArticleInvisible Tactics
Italo Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities tells the fictional story of Marco Polo meeting Kublai Khan. The Khan asks Polo to tell him of the cities within his empire that Polo has visited. However,...
View ArticleWhy Invisibility Isn’t a Superpower
For so many years I believed that maxim that women are not born but made. Maybe that’s part of why I love the virtual so much — I’m not expected to believe that idea. When I was trying to live as a...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Games Media
This is an open letter to Steve Butts (IGN), Stephen Totilo (Kotaku), Justin Calvert (Gamespot), Chris Grant (Polygon), Dale North (Destructoid), Ludwig Kietzmann (Joystiq), and all other...
View ArticleSharing the Burden
I remember my roommate was making funny looks. “What’s up?” I asked. “Trying to play this game,” she answered. “I found it on Tumblr.” “What game?” “Off.” Originally the appeal was in the art style,...
View ArticleTwilight Crossfade
As a DJ, I think of myself as a kind of audio ferryman, moving my audience from one track to another as smoothly as possible. Although my passengers are more likely to be interested in their...
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