A review of the game Sword and Sorcery, a game that challenges some of the gaming conventions of our time with the bonus of feminist analysis. 🙂 Filed under: Gaming Tagged: Feminist Frequency, Sword and Sorcery, Video Games
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Scripturient: Blog & Commentary: The WOW Factor
After two years away from the game, I was recently convinced by a friend to return to World of Warcraft again and play in the fantasy universe of WOW. At 10 years old, WOW remains the biggest, most-subscribed, most popular MMORPG, with around 10 million subscribers. By technology’s rapid-aging standards, WOW
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Enter the Jimquisition – The Worst Games of 2014
The mighty Jimquisition, with the help of a three foot long purple dildo lays the smack down on the worst games of 2014. And of course, thank god for Jim Sterling. Filed under: Gaming Tagged: Jim Sterling, Jimquisition, Video Games, Worst of 2014 in Gaming
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Banished: Sandbox Gaming at Its Best
Banished is a medieval-style city building game, along the lines of SimCity, but with several significant differences. While not as slick or comprehensive as SimCity, it still provides a compelling, addictive gameplay.* It’s slow and cerebral, true, not your basic action-filled RPG or FPS, but it’s one of those games
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: It’s *ALL* about Ethics in Game Journalism – ???
It is amazing the amount of turgid self serving drivel that gets posted these days about Gamer Gate. We’ll investigate today, one individual along with the trusty RPOJ one embattled gamer -“Maverick”- and his quest to achieve victory over Anita Sarkeessian and the evil wimmenz gamers in general. This post
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: #Gamergate – Misogynistic Iteration #4534390 – Overview
Ah, misogyny. Definitely a feature of society not a bug. Amazing the amount of fuss dude-bros can whip up in their crusade against the evil double X conspiracy. I’m still gathering information on the whole debacle, but I may as well share what I’ve read about Gamer Gate so far.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anita Sarkeesian Now In Rolling Stone! – Keep up the Good Work Internet Misogynists!
Ah, all the poor male gamers having their pet misogyny project blow up in their faces. Yep, you dudes are for sure are ruining Anita Sarkessian’s career. Keep the hate-train going maybe you can get her into the NYT again, or Le Monde or Time or… really the sky
Continue readingNorthern Insight / Perceptivity: Ready, fire, aim
Andrew MacLeod provided the title above in a Thursday Tweet linking to his column in The Tyee. Slots on Ferries a Complicated Bet, Warned Finance Ministry: “After Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced BC Ferries’ proposal to put slot machines on its vessels last year, the finance ministry began compiling a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Are Video Games Sexist?
Why yes, yes they are. Next question. But hey, here’s a video with a catchy tune replying to the anti-feminist Christina Hoff Sommers. Filed under: Gaming Tagged: Gaming, Sexism
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Shadow of Mordor – Krimp the Orc’s Very Bad Day
I’ve been keeping tabs on this game since it was announced. An open world, stealthy, combaty, psy-opsy medieval romp through some of the back story of Tolkien’s fantasy world. This of course isn’t actual game footage, but a rather a clever marketing ploy to hype up the release of the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Women as Background Decoration, part 2. – Anita Sarkeesian
Patriarchy pissing in the punchbowl for hundreds of years continues to make things crappy, even in the land of video games. Filed under: Feminism, Gaming Tagged: Anita Sarkeesian, Feminist Frequency, Patriarchy, Women as Background Decoration
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: World of Tanks
Tanks are a long distance weapon, you know. They are best used in concert with one another to provide cover and overwatch fire, and are best placed in a covered or hull-down position where their profile is reduced to the minimum. Tanks should never travel alone; they should always advance
Continue readingUPDATED: Mini Metro High Score
Mini Metro by Dinosaur Polo Club High Score Saturday 3 May, 2014 2000 Riders Delivered 7 Lines 5 Tunnels 1 Increased Capacity Line 3 Double Rail Lines Previous High Score Friday 2 May, 2014 1305 Riders Delivered 5 Lines 2 Loops 3 Tunnels 2 Double Capacity Trains 1 Triple Capacity
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Money laundering and casinos, who knew?
CTV Vancouver: Money laundering rampant in casinos, April 10, 2014 “Confidential documents are shedding light on a host of suspicious behaviour at B.C. casinos, where patrons routinely carry bags loaded with small bills onto the gaming floor. “Government reports obtained by CTV News highlight dozens of instances of suspected money
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Telling Stories – Turtle Style
I’m not sure how much longer I can hold on to my introverts card as the membership committee takes a dim view of many of the activities I quite deeply enjoy doing. One of the renegade activities I partake in is running a role playing campaign in a fantasy world
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: BL2: Resistance is futile
I tried to resist. I really did. I avoided it for more than a year, skillfully averting my eyes from the store shelves where it sat, ignoring the emails with invitations, sales offers that dangled newly-released DLC packages before me. I looked the other way when ads popped on on
Continue readingNorthern Insight: New exploration
I’ve been examining the financial elements of legal gambling in British Columbia. Before looking at BCLC annual reports, I assumed the agency’s revenues had grown steadily. In fact, they show a distinctly flat line and that is surprising. As I search for an accurate understanding, any relevant information from readers
Continue readingLeft Over: Ferry Tales Can Come True…..
BC Ferries to cut sailings, seniors’ discounts, add slot machines Transportation Minister Todd Stone says cuts will save $19 million by 2016 CBC News Posted: Nov 18, 2013 7:01 AM PT Last Updated: Nov 18, 2013 7:48 PM PT Fascinating – as usual, the Island, which votes almost exclusively NDP and Green,
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Gangster love dealing in cash – REPLAY
With BC Ferries planning to create a moving fleet of gaming houses, it’s worth re-reading this Northern Insight article from the summer of 2011.————————————————————– News item: Catherine Pope, reporting for Global News, August 25, 2011: “It’s not clear how big of a problem money laundering is in BC casinos but the
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Digital Attachments
It’s tough to lose a solider. Especially one like Dimitri. A fine sniper, with a good kill record. I had trained him for so long, raised him from a lowly private to sergeant, then to lieutenant. He was equipped with the best gear. His accuracy had improved to a deadly
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