From the monthly archives: January 2010
On January 21 Sony announced the cast for its exclusive PlayStation Network reality TV series, The Tester. This latest addition to the reality-competition subgenre follows a familiar structure: Contestants compete through various challenges in order to land a sought-after and usually glamorous job (model, designer, chef, etc.). However, contestants on The Tester compete for a job in Sony’s [...]
While popular discourse about the role of women in games is usually limited to the hyper-sexualized portrayal of female avatars or how to lure women and girls to play, the latest controversy over working conditions at a major game development company is a rare public opportunity to consider the gender and class politics of the [...]
Along with 69 million other users, I’ve been playing Farmville on Facebook for a couple of months. A simple point and click petri-dish game, Farmville by Zynga starts you off with a modest plot of land and a bit of Farmville (FV) coinage. You buy seeds, animals, trees, buildings, decorations, and seasonal items. You watch [...]
Books
Distractions
watching
game of thrones / hbo
listening
philharmonics / agnes obel
playing
bioshock: infinite / ps3
reading
ready player one / ernest clineTwitter Feed
