I finished my finals this week and, to my disappointment, completed Far Cry 3.

THE GOOD
- I got this game for $5. Wish I got it for free.
- Ubisoft never disappoints when it comes to scenery, nature, and the animal animations and clippings ( Read more... )

I don't know if anyone has posted about game but I thought I'd leave this gameplay teaser here.

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( Personal opinions )

"The design team was looking at the concept art and thought, you know what, this is actually the cutest character we've ever had," said lead designer John Hemingway. "I want to make, for the lack of a better term, the girlfriend skill tree. This is, I love Borderlands and I want to share it with someone, but they suck at first-person shooters. Can ( Read more... )

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Soooooooo Final Fantasy is looking even more racist and glorifying the white hero even more with the next installment in their series. They illustrate what seems to be West Asian men (or "Middle Eastern" as most like to say which makes no sense to me because Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and the countries in that area are not in the middle of Asia. / ( Read more... )

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Last weekend I played the first Guild Wars 2 beta weekend. The forums were opened for a few days for people to make suggestions about how to improve the game - the forums are now closed, and you need to have bought a copy of the game to see them anyway - and someone suggested that the female Charr models need boobs. Otherwise they're just not ( Read more... )

Upcoming League of Legends-style multiplayer strategy game Prime World to offer gender-based in-game status bonuses (note: link goes to Penny Arcade report, part of the PA conglomerate)

Quick breakdown: if you play a character that is the same male/female gender as in your Facebook profile, and link up with a character/player who is the opposite ( Read more... )

That awkward moment when you're being such a misogynistic gamer that Jim Sterling calls you on it.

Edit: The post has gone down now, but if it comes back then I'll put up a trigger warning for discussion about rape/dickwolves in the comments.
There is also this article from Susan Arendt on the topic, which is kinda problematic in and of itself.

Considering the recent controversy on this comm, I thought I would link to my friend Aeryn's blog post about being a sex worker and being a geek and combining the two. My intention isn't to engage in shit-stirring, but I know her to be a very engaged and aware feminist - and is definitely not suffering under internalised misogyny. I think she ( Read more... )