Twitchdoctor
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What would cause a large group of gamers to call a perfectly ordinary and inoffensive videogame story writer a cunt, a whore, a Jew, and a cancer, among many other things? Apart from the fact that they are users of the Internet? The impending end of their world, that’s what.
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A Change is Gonna Come
Posted: February 24, 2012 by Twitchdoctor in Game Players, Games and Life, New MediaTags: Bioware, casual games, hardcore games, Jennifer Hepler, Reddit, Twitter
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Managing Expectations
Posted: December 9, 2011 by Twitchdoctor in Exemplary Games, game design, Games and MarketingTags: Bioware, Electronic Arts, Guild, Massively multiplayer online game, MMORPG, star wars, Star Wars: The Old Republic, SWTOR
When it comes to playing The Game of the Year taking a “glass half empty” approach is the saner course.
Looking for Wuv in All the Wrong Places
Posted: September 30, 2011 by Twitchdoctor in New MediaTags: Apple, Facebook, Facebook Changes, Facebook Timeline, information technology, new media, Technology, Twitter
Occasionally you come across something on the Web that forces you to stare unflinchingly into the dark heart of humanity. Well, OK, on the Web that happens more than occasionally and not simply when you are frequenting 4Chan. Sometimes, however, the experience isn’t simply repellent and/or tedious but actually illustrates something profound about the evolution of human nature and its vexed relationship with digital technologies.
On Not Feeling the Love
Posted: September 9, 2011 by Twitchdoctor in Game Research, Games and LifeTags: cloud computing, Crowdsourcing, cultural studies, Cyberculture, Gamer, Newsweek, Video game, Wikipedia
There are many occasions in an ongoing discussion or debate where you know that the better thing would be to take the high road. Unfortunately, this often involves having to switch off your brain and wear a blindfold. Therefore, low road it is.
