Video Games Don’t Harm Brain Development
Video games are fun, and they won’t cause harm to your kid’s mental development. Of course, moderation is key since it’s good to experience a multitude of things to do;…
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Cubieverse Game
I’ve been playing Coin Hunt World for a few years now, back when rewards in the game were Bitcoin or Ethereum. Now they’re transitioning to a gift-card reward scheme with…
Game Workers Uniting for Better Workplaces
In creative industries labour exploitation can happen because employers can get away with leaning into the passion creative workers bring to their field. The video game industry may be a…
Stonks Game Stops At This Stop
Hedge funds that bet against Game Stop are crying foul as they lose a fortune, because the crowd noticed their weakness and exploited it. Sounds very Wall Street. Is it…
Toxic Deadly Gaming Culture
One of the strangest things about modern tech is that you can easily hear what a dead murderer thought of himself and others. There are hours of video of this…
Play the Trolley Problem in Dr. Trolley’s Problem
Long time readers of Things Are Good will know that I like philosophy and moral actions. In fact I like that stuff so much I made a game about it…
Will Ferrell does a mock music video of gangster rap – and it’s a scathingly hilarious critique of the genre
A musical commentary, followed by social and political analysis, followed by hilarious spoof rap videos, and more This is scathingly funny. Will Ferrell does a mock music video of macho…
Violent Video Games can be Good
Violent video games get attacked a lot. Media and news companies are quick to blame the influence video games have on youth to be the reason that youth commit acts…
Canadian-American feminist cancels talk after “Montreal Massacre style” threat
Anita Sarkeesian, a prominent Canadian-American feminist cultural critic, was forced to cancel an appearance at Utah State University after receiving threats of a Montreal Massacre-style attack. The post Canadian-American feminist…
Explaining video games
This helps me to understand why my character in Skyrim keeps picking up crap to sell, even though he has more money than he’ll ever be able to spend. Also,…
An accurate representation
This photo is missing the beer slider and the porn/video game toggle for men, but otherwise seems accurate. Alltop has an entire board filled with humor sliders.
Call me Ducky
The Nipper has the Best Ideas Ever Invented. He said, last night on the way to rehearsal, “you know what would be cool, would be if they made a Call…
Blown Up: Gaming and War
Let’s face it: shooting stuff is fun – in video, that is; but it can also be ethically complicated. Gallery 101’s current exhibition Blown Up: Gaming and War, brings to…
Video: Video Games – Boy George – Directed by Mike Nicholls
The process of joy on the woman’s face when she first meets her man is priceless in this video. Thank you, Angel Rose and Cesare Polini (playing the featured couple),…
Video: Video Games – Boy George – Directed by Mike Nicholls
The process of joy on the woman's face when she first meets her man is priceless in this video. Thank you, Angel Rose and Cesare Polini (playing the featured couple),…
Video: Video Games – Boy George – Directed by Mike Nicholls
The process of joy on the woman's face when she first meets her man is priceless in this video. Thank you, Angel Rose and Cesare Polini (playing the featured couple),…
Video: Video Games – Boy George – Directed by Mike Nicholls
The process of joy on the woman’s face when she first meets her man is priceless in this video. Thank you, Angel Rose and Cesare Polini (playing the featured couple),…
The Hour of The Gun
This article from The Edmonton Journal offers an interesting explanation of why ‘black guns’ are growing in popularity amongst gun ‘hobbyists’. Were I a conspiracy-minded individual (which, of course, I…
The Psychology and Therapeutic Benefits of D&D
Or, Why D&D Kicks Butt There is a mounting body of evidence and experience that shows that D&D, the original role playing strategy game (like chess, but with improv theatre,…