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Gaming Naysayers Have Little Context for Criticism
Buzzcut.com has a nice piece on the lack of context video game critics have in making their arguments. It should be noted he is not referring to today's report card, but a list of Top Ten most violent games put out by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. From the article: "I followed up with a simple question, "Who on this panel has played which of the games?" Burke answered first, "I haven't played any of them." She backed up her willful ignorance of the games by suggesting that she didn't need to play Soldier of Fortune to know that she was opposed to its glorification of killing. "I think it's an irrelevant question," she concluded." -
Game Cartoonist Tackles Crowbar Envy, Licensing Backlash
An anonymous reader writes "Over at Buzzcut.com they're hosting a number of cartoons and running a news story about UK English professor Barry Atkins, who also happens to be a videogame-related cartoonist. Highlights of the wry single-panel strips include FPS weapon commentary, licensing worries, and shooter strategy issues." -
Game Cartoonist Tackles Crowbar Envy, Licensing Backlash
An anonymous reader writes "Over at Buzzcut.com they're hosting a number of cartoons and running a news story about UK English professor Barry Atkins, who also happens to be a videogame-related cartoonist. Highlights of the wry single-panel strips include FPS weapon commentary, licensing worries, and shooter strategy issues." -
Game Cartoonist Tackles Crowbar Envy, Licensing Backlash
An anonymous reader writes "Over at Buzzcut.com they're hosting a number of cartoons and running a news story about UK English professor Barry Atkins, who also happens to be a videogame-related cartoonist. Highlights of the wry single-panel strips include FPS weapon commentary, licensing worries, and shooter strategy issues." -
Game Cartoonist Tackles Crowbar Envy, Licensing Backlash
An anonymous reader writes "Over at Buzzcut.com they're hosting a number of cartoons and running a news story about UK English professor Barry Atkins, who also happens to be a videogame-related cartoonist. Highlights of the wry single-panel strips include FPS weapon commentary, licensing worries, and shooter strategy issues." -
Game Cartoonist Tackles Crowbar Envy, Licensing Backlash
An anonymous reader writes "Over at Buzzcut.com they're hosting a number of cartoons and running a news story about UK English professor Barry Atkins, who also happens to be a videogame-related cartoonist. Highlights of the wry single-panel strips include FPS weapon commentary, licensing worries, and shooter strategy issues." -
Attempting To Create A Gaming Canon
David Thomas writes "There's a newly posted list of games every developer should know over at Costik.com, and a similar recent attempt at The Ludologist - both articles concern the idea of a 'canon' of games. Like a literary canon, the idea is there is a list of classic games anyone serious about games should have played, in the same way any serious lit person will have read through the canon of literary works." Gentlemen, look over the lists, and please start your heckling now. -
Most Dubious Videogame Claims Explored
Thanks to Buzzcut.com for their article exploring the most dubious claims made in relation to videogames, in which the author takes some time to refute game-related maxims such as 'Old people play video games' ("assuming the fact that older women playing Bridge online... can be generalized into broad statements about the general appeal of games lacks a sense of perspective"), 'Games will revolutionize education' ("We are not on the cusp of a breakthrough or entering an era of educational enlightenment. People learn from anything, so they can learn from games"), and 'Games are a social activity' ("Video games can be social. But so can knitting and reading. That doesn't mean they are deeply or purposefully social.")