Good morning faithful readers. I must apologize for the blogging interruption. The plan was to go on a lovely choral retreat to the Banff Centre – including a attending a Master Class on solo singing, and workshops with the estimable Lona Larson, Eva Bostrand, and Micheal Zaugg. It was
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Scripturient: Toying With Townscaper
As a longtime gamer, I am always looking for new forms of computer and online entertainment for my PC. This week I discovered Townscaper and picked it up while it was on sale on Steam for about $6 (tax included, albeit a little more post-sale; also available for Android, Xbox,
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I dreamed a dream of games, of gatherings and a labyrinth. I dreamed of sport and game and speeches from the Summer King. He was old, handsome, tired, his power waning. The Winter King was still just a boy but the hunger in him, the desire shining in his eyes,
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Every day, for an hour or two, I kill demons. Or I build houses and shopping malls. Sometimes I command armies in battle. Or fly an airplane into a foreign airport. I might manage a hospital, build a settlement on Mars, lead a band of survivors after a nuclear holocaust,
Continue readingScripturient: Synecdoche, Universe
In the delightfully quirky, postmodern film, Synecdoche, New York, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a movie director obsessed with creating a set that realistically represents New York City for an upcoming movie. But as he tries to incorporate more and more people and bits that represent the city, the
Continue readingIn-Sights: A private room where customers deliver bags of cash
Liberals believed Dirty Money involved “victimless crimes” so they chose to tolerate illegal behaviour that provided a boost to economic activity. The Campbell/Clark Governments were more interested in gaining political advantage. Families faced with unaffordable housing & others affected when thousands died from illicit drugs would say describe it differently.
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Before July 18, 2017, if British Columbia was not ruled by criminals, it was ruled by people who turned blind eyes to criminality. Attorney General David Eby issued a statement that ought to be national news in Canada. It included these words: …I am concerned our province under the last
Continue readingIn-Sights: Be opinionated, first be informed
In response to my earlier post about crime statistics, a person using the name “Harald” submitted this comment: Try not to forget that the NDP brought casinos to BC, and most of the casinos in BC were built under the NDP. Then there was the scandal with Glen Clark and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Adrenalin Returns to Gaming – PlayerUknown’s Battleground
Too long it has been, since a gaming post graced DWR. The Battle Royal first person shooter game PlayerUnknown’s Battleground (PUBG), still in early access, has made its way on to my gaming list. First and foremost, like all early access games, there is a dire need for optimization
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Notes from the Video Game Community…
When you get what you ask for and realize it wasn’t what you were asking for. In this case dudes wanting cultural legitimacy for their hobby, but of course, unwilling to but up with critical scrutiny of what their hobby actually entails. I like the replication of toxic patriarchal
Continue readingScripturient: Microsoft killed solitaire for me
Solitaire – also known as Klondike and Patience – is a very popular game on computers. So popular, in fact that a version of this 200-year-old card game has been included by Microsoft in every version of Windows since 3.0 (1990), aside from a brief hiatus with Win 8 (which
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The LoLgasm that is #Gamergate – Misogyny in the Gaming Community
Impotent dude rage… Fun fact: Morgan Ramsay, founder of the Entertainment Media Counsel, did an objective study of how much of gaming journalism talks about sexism or social justice. To do this, he downloaded 130,524 articles from 37 RSS feeds of 23 outlets, including The Escapist, Rock Paper Shotgun, CVG,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Video Game Review – Warhammer Vermintide
This game has a long title, it is called Warhammer:Endtimes – Vermintide. Vermintide is a four player cooperative survival game, set in the Warhammer fantasy universe. People familiar with Valve’s Left4Dead series will be familiar with the play-style and challenges to be encountered in Vermintide. The plot of the game resolves around the actions of […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Game of the Year 2015 – Bleatmop’s Pick
There is no secret that video games are a big business, grossing more each year that Hollywood and growing each year. In fact, video games have largely replaced television for me. To that end I wish to start honoring what I consider to be the best of the best each year. This may turn into […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Triple “A” Fail – Mad Max the Video Game
I have no interest in playing the new Mad Max game, Jim Sterling summarizes the hollow shell that is this game: “Mad Max feels like the embodiment of everything Ubisoft has been building with its own dire stable of open world games – a pure saturation of nebulous “content” that offers
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A Wall Street Journal story, repeated by The Australian and Financial News, other Rupert Murdoch News Corp properties, is apparently not worthy of coverage by Canadian media. I found no reference to this matter in any Canadian pro-media reporting. By RITA TRICHUR and ALISTAIR MACDONALDAug. 6, 2015 7:40 p.m. ET
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Our Families, Technology and Having the ‘Right’ Experience
We can lump this video in with the others that attempt to shed light on issues in society that matter while discreetly hawking their wares in the background. The best form of advertising? I’m not sure, but the commercial makes space for some thinking about how generational experiences are becoming
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Video Gaming: Misogynistic Harassment is the Wheelhouse of Losers.
Women in video games, destroying men’s lives everywhere!!! Spending your time harassing people just doesn’t seem like productive or pro-social behavioural choices. According to a study recently undertaken it seems there is a positive correlation between unskilled players and the amount of abuse they heap on other players, especially females.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dungeon and Dragons: Character Alignments Explained
I swear, there is a helpful graph for everything on the internet. Where do you fit in? 🙂 I’m pretty sure I firmly inhabit the rectangle of snooze…*sigh*. For those of us who like lists – The list describes the basic ethos of killing in a fantasy setting according
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