November 26
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“Theory: “Hardcore gamers are the ones who spend hours and hours mastering a game.”But my Mom spent hours and hours mastering Lemmings. She saved so many little green-haired dudes that those lemmings should have been building shrines to her as their hero. Is my mother a hardcore gamer?
Theory: “Hardcore gamers play games that require excellent hand eye coordination, like first person shooters”
World of Goo requires coordination. Slinging goo balls takes skill — ask any kid with an especially large booger attached to a finger and ready to flick. But I don’t hear many people saying that they’re hardcore because they got the Obsessive Completion Distinction (OCD) flags in World of Goo.
I had this great conversation with a student the other day. I asked him what he felt defined hardcore gamers:
Him: “Oh, people who play lots of different types of games”
Me: “Oh, I play a bunch of different genres.”
Him: “Yeah, but a hardcore gamer has to spend hours mastering them.”
Me: “Do you *know* how many hours I logged on WoW?”
Him: “But WoW isn’t a game for hardcore gamers…”
I find it fascinating that as we drill down further to the definition of a hardcore gamer, it feels a little like the core answer is “not you.”” — Geek Feminism Blog
November 21
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“Among the gaming press there’s still this pervasive, unintelligible notion that a review must be “objective.” No. What does that even mean. You are not objective. No one is. You never were and never will be. When you say objective, you often mean “what a lot of people who I think represent the dominant societal discourse are saying.” Stop talking about it.A review should prove that you are a thinking, opinionated individual who feels a certain way about a certain game. You might discuss common discourses on the game, but only so much as they a) relate to your argument, and b) are relevant to the public discourses surrounding the game. Even then, you don’t need to address anything, for any reason. Address it because it is relevant to your argument or because to not address it would be misleading to your readers. Give it the weight and time it deserves, not the weight other people give it. So mention the price/development time thing. Tell people it’s a pointless argument, and they can either pay money for the game or legitimately (but foolishly!) refuse to pay a seemingly “too high” of a price. See what I did there? I voiced an opinion! I do it in my reviews all of the time! I have never melted into a puddle lamenting my beautiful wickedness as a result of such opinionated reviewing.No one does. In fact, it makes their reviewing fun and worthwhile. It makes me respect that author. If someone discussed the L4D2 time/pricing issue voiced their own opinion about it, I would listen. I would respect them for thinking a certain way about something else and then informing me of their thought process. Repeating what (par of) the Internet says does not = having an opinion.” — Delayed Responsibility
November 8
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“If he [Barack Obama] can do it, why can’t you?Whenever a homeless white person asks me for change, I always sneer at him and say: “You can’t be serious. You’re white. Look at Bill Gates. Why don’t you go invent an operating system instead of trying to freeload off of society you lazy white man.”
Oh wait, I never say that. Because that would make me a giant prick.
Sadly, since Obama’s election there have been way too many white people that are using the President as proof that structural racism no longer holds people back. Of course, these people have always felt that way. There simply are some white people who don’t want to believe that anything in America can be attributed to racial oppression. It’s just that now they are using the President as a data point. It is really annoying.” — It’s Been a Year Since Obama Ended Racism in America (via Resist racism)
November 7
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“…Same-sex marriage and rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people shouldn’t be up for a vote. The United States is not a pure democracy, and our government was set up as a constitutional republic with checks and balances and an independent judiciary for this exact reason: So that the majority cannot do harm to the minority at will. We also already have a law that pretty well covers this issue. The fact that the courts have generally been too cowardly to draw the obvious conclusion does not mean that voters should be given carte blanche to strip away minority rights.” — Feministe (in Exile)
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