Tag: Video Games
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A Minecraft Movie’s Genocidal Worship of Individual Accomplishment
A few months back, I started a reflection on A Minecraft Movie where I actually applauded many aspects of the film and felt the filmmakers demonstrate a sincere appreciation of the creativity and hard-work of the people involved in making it. My only bit of negative criticism was that I didn’t feel the characters really…
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Video Game Haiku #22: Vampire Survivors
Together we stand emanating garlic clouds waiting for treasure.
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What Book, Film, Video Game, or Album Lived up to the Hype?
What piece of art “lived up to the hype” or even exceeded your expectations?
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How I Made My Hero Section Video
This post is primarily to give more information about the video clips I’m using, especially to credit the original videographers. I think it’s important for everyone to give credit where it’s due, especially for artists who are kind enough to donate their craft for our personal use. Also, from a more personal perspective, I don’t…
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Another Millennial on Jon Stewart’s Return
Jon Stewart made a career of calling out media bias while occasionally falling for the same traps as the mainstream outlets he criticized.
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Video Game Haiku #21: Slay the Spire
The heart is attacked. Each action, a reaction. Do we try again?
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Video Game Haiku #8: The Last of Us
Stray too much off-path, game over. The makers want their story, not yours. Originally published during Lexington Poetry Month 2023
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Video Game Haiku #6: Pac-Man
To chase and be chased. Even if you catch your ghosts, they always come back. Originally published during Lexington Poetry Month 2020.
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What’s Your Favorite Video Game?
I conducted an informal survey among attendees at the Kentucky Fried Zine Fest and among my Facebook friends. The question I asked was simple: what’s your favorite video game? The responses were varied and insightful. Some people left one-word answers while others gave elaborate responses. I have compiled this into a printable zine that you can download…
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Breitbart Leaks & the Terrorism of GamerGate
Joseph Bernstein’s article at Buzzfeed News — “Here’s How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream” — includes larger implications for the video game community. Bernstein creates a narrative from a series of leaked emails from Breitbart which show Steve Bannon giving directions to Milo Yiannopoulis regarding their white nationalist agenda. They also “out”…
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Hate Speech in Online Communities
Last week, we examined how hate speech can be used as a way to intimidate and upset opponents. We looked at Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg’s use of the n-word as an example of how, even though he was playing a competitive video game, he wasn’t using it this way. It’s important to look at the reasons…
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How Hate Speech & Video Games Created the Alt-Right
In 2005, Steve Bannon got Goldman Sachs to invest $60 million in a World of Warcraft Chinese gold farming company. 1 Bannon eventually took control of the gold farming company, Internet Gaming Entertainment. Even though IGE flopped, Bannon said that these gamers were the pre-cursor to the alt-right. “These guys, these rootless white males, had monster power… It was…