Tag: Video Games
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Elite Dangerous
Loving what I’m hearing about Elite Dangerous, the new multiplayer version of Elite which exceeded it’s Kickstarter goals, and thus means there will also be a Mac version (yay!). I’ve signed up for the beta program by donating, so I’ll definitely be out there in space in 2014. Elite was a game I loved back…
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Tropes vs Women in Video Games Part one
Great to see this finally arrive – Anita Sarkeesian’s series about the portrayal of women in video games. Great use of Kickstarter, and also interesting how it revealed some very odd reactions amongst the male game-playing public, as some shibboleth was being challenged. I would love to see more gender (and orientation, OMG imagine a…
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Jim’ll Paint It
In hysterics over this, Jim will paint anything people suggest in MS Paint – some of which comes over as actually quite artistic, in a sort of Thiftstore Outsider art meets Pop art way. Above is ‘Ann Widdecombe riding Space Mountain’ – of course! And here’s ‘Brian Blessed riding a Henry hoover alongside D’n’B DJ…
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Don’t Jump Off…
Love this tribute to Lemmings from Akira The Don (a game I played loads as a kid) and also a comment on the petrol ‘crisis’ and the whole Kony business. Of course having voted yesterday in the London Mayoral election I disagree with ATD’s comments about a corrupt system (Hey student!). I voted helping to…
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OH MY GOSH it’s the Rainbow Sponge Lady
Like all memes nowadays I seem to be behind the curve (hmm I used to get ALL the good ones via Twitter!) – first NyanCat and now the Rainbow Sponge Lady. Oh my gosh! Look at that! Double Rainbow Orgasm! Talking of Rainbows, I must go and play Rainbow Islands again, somehow….
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Gruff Rhys is Having a Depressed Post Apocalyptic Atheist Christmas
Oh wow? Me too! 😉 Well maybe not this extreme, but ‘Slashed Wrists This Chrismas’ off Gruff’s forthcoming Atheist Christmas EP and it sounds like he’s been listening to Culturecide’s Depressed Christmas (you can still hear it on the Bah Humbug mix I did)…although rather more gently handled, it sums up the ambivalent feelings created…