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Hi, my name is Denis. I originally started this blog over at Blogger in July 2008. I tend to write a lot about videogames, and have made various rounds of the web. Was formerly a staff writer for both GayGamer and The Border House. This blog serves to explicate my thoughts on any number of issues, not solely focused on videogames anymore (though they still make up the majority).Search:
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Glitching the System
(This YouTube video was posted for the song more than the visuals.) Videogame music has its niche. With bands like The Advantage and The Minibosses (along with a slew of others) we have a new form of cover band–those that … Continue reading
Presidential Race 2008
This is the first U.S. Presidential race which I’ve closely followed. I just as easily grew tired of the rhetoric and now look at all the candidates with a very skeptical eye (the FISA bill, Obama? Really?). Something that caught … Continue reading
Tagged Politics and games
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WTB: Straight Sexuality
The problem with the above video (beyond the response to the name) is the name itself. The player advertised himself as gay. In almost any online space, this can be a headache. One does not have to display their sexuality … Continue reading
Tagged gender in games, literature, sexuality
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Problems in Translation
A short introduction. Cap’n Perkins came by his name from my college gaming group. We played a plethora of games: Dungeons and Dragons, Kobolds Ate My Baby, Munchkin, HeroClix, videogames, et cetera. At one point we commandeered a ship and … Continue reading
Tagged adaptation, Cap'n Perkins, engagement, narrative
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Arteroids
“The middle ground between art and game is play.” – Jim Andrews On the sales bookshelf at Quimby’s quite some time ago I picked up Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels as edited by Shanna Compton. … Continue reading
Tagged art and games, literature
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Ewigkeit
Corvus Elrod’s Blogs of the Round Table proposed the following question this month: Do video games teach socially responsible lessons? Thinking about it, I immediately started grinding the gears in my head to try and think of concrete examples of … Continue reading
"It is well that war is so terrible — otherwise we should grow too fond of it." -Robert E. Lee
During my college years, my videogaming habits were rather lacking. While I’m sure my professors appreciated this effort, it meant that I was out of the loop for what was happening. Abbott’s Brainy Gamer brought me into the fold of … Continue reading
Amanda Palmer’s Guitar Hero
A while ago Leigh Alexander’s Sexy Videogameland asked the question, What’s Our Mandate? The post concerned itself with a gamer’s sense of reality, the world around her, and how the two did or did not connect. Tonight, I recalled this … Continue reading
Choose Your Own Lover
This is a post that has been brewing about in my head for some time, and thanks to Michael Abbott’s Narrative Manifesto and Chris’s Narratives and Interactivity Misunderstood coupled with various discussions I’ve had with friends in the past week, … Continue reading
Digital Leatherette
Steve Beard’s Digital Leatherette describes itself as an ambient novel. Set in a cyberpunk world where there is no easily followed plot diagram or narrative, the ambiance is what encourages the reader to progress through the pages. Dealing with all … Continue reading
Tagged literature, narrative
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