An absolutely pitch perfect rant-slash-analysis from Emily Gordon detailing sexism in the video gaming community. It must be read, especially by those of us who see this shit happening in our community but don’t have any insight into the nearly-identical fight going on in the gaming world. I’m a female with a podcast about video …
Tag Archive: games
Aug 27 2012
Four Megaman games played with one controller
This is either a work of art or a work of madness. Apparently, via heavy use of speedrun tools that allow a person to frame-by-frame step through an emulated version of a console game, someone’s built a speedrun that uses one controller input on Megaman 3, 4, 5 and 6 simultaneously. Advice: play this on …
Aug 08 2012
Gamers Against Bigotry hacked repeatedly by computer-savvy bigots
Example #645,257,329 of why one must always sanitize every piece of user input that your code has to process. Doesn’t matter how foolproof or dead simple you think the action will be, or how safe or sane your users — someone will try to buffer overrun, break out of the current SQL statement and inject …
Jun 05 2012
Getting a PS3 controller to work with Windows and Linux: compare/contrast
A bit of nerdery to lighten the mood. It’s been so heady around these parts lately. Recently, I decided to connect my PS3 controller to my laptop so I could play The Binding of Isaac on Steam with a real controller. I know, I know, I could have gotten a PC controller and saved myself …
May 23 2012
The Further Adventures of Leeroy Jenkins
A short film submitted to the Canadian Film Centre’s World Wide Short Film Fest. Its focus is taking viral memes and turning them into short films. Such an epic concept. “Dude, he’s going in!” “Stick to the plan!!”
May 20 2012
Jed Henry’s video game samurai: Edo pop for gamer nerds
Ever wanted some artwork you could hang on your wall that would please both art connoisseurs and video game fanatics alike? Jed Henry has you covered. On his tumblr, he’s released three pieces of art rendering classic video game characters in ukiyo-e style, reimagining their most recognizable traits as the accoutrement of great samurai warriors. …
May 16 2012
Zero Suit Master Chief: Turnabout is fair play, except for your spine
One of the things that bugs me the most about Zero Suit Samus is that Samus is, ordinarily, a tank, and a female in armor is a rarity in fantasy and science fiction whereas every man is allowed to wear sensible protection. Video game heroes who wear armor get to keep that trademark armor through …
Apr 18 2012
Megaman 2 – Wily Stage 1
Okay, I’m stupid busy right now, so here’s some filler. This is my current ringtone on my work phone! Yes, I know, I should get some awesome rock cover instead, but nothing says old skool like NES chiptune.
Apr 16 2012
Nothing is true, everything is permitted — except a female Assassin
One of the really cool things about the Assassin’s Creed series is how many liberties it takes with the historical source materials, in order to build a vast conspiracy theory of Templars vs Assassins. The story goes about assigning historical figures throughout the ages to one or the other faction, putting them into direct conflict …
Feb 23 2012
16-Bit Last Supper
Found via Reddit, and it made me LOL. Quick, name ‘em. Bet there’s one that’ll stump most of you!
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