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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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Golden Lacks
Last year my Gendered Violence post drew a fair amount of attention, criticism, and suggestions. Among them, Dan Bruno mentioned on Twitter that Golden Axe: Beast Rider may be a game that depicted a violent female character. I’ve started the … Continue reading
Tagged gender in games, Golden Axe, review
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Feminism and Pop Culture
Living down the street from an independently owned feminist bookstore (Women & Children First) means I have come across some rather great books as they are released. This week’s case in point: Feminism and Pop Culture by Andi Zeisler (cofounder … Continue reading
Tagged gender in games, review
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Punk is commercialized
When The World Ends With You was released I paid attention to the various reviews and thoughts being bandied about over it. This seemed like an intriguing game that presented a new type of challenge in its combat system. When … Continue reading
Tagged device input, music and games, review
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Post Mortem: The Darkness
There will be no specific bent to this entry, be warned. Instead, consider this my ‘review’ of The Darkness, which I completed early last week; you might also consider it a ‘debriefing.’ I’ve now had time to sit back, read … Continue reading
Tagged difficulty, engagement, performance, review
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Smashy Smashy
It was the end of my high school career. I had just completed an original one man show, directed another two act play, and was finishing all the remaining duties that remained as a member of the International Thespian Society … Continue reading
Night of the Living Gamer
The first evening Cap’n Perkins stayed with me, my friend Josh also came over and we all played Zombies!!! It was Perkins’s first time playing it with more than two players, and it had been so long since I played, … Continue reading
Tagged Cap'n Perkins, Emergent gameplay, review
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Once upon a time, in a city that was labeled with the number 2
Imagination, story, writing, narrating: these are all words that describe my earliest loves. My aspirations as a child were three-fold. I wanted to be a father, contortionist, and writer. I’ve abandoned any progress on the first two, but the last … Continue reading
Virally Loading
Spore will likely do very, very well (even despite the DRM/Amazon review fiasco). At this point, I really cannot see it being a massive failure. It’s easy to get into, none of the stages are overly difficult, and it supports … Continue reading
Tagged Emergent gameplay, review
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