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GamerGate is killing video games.
doronjosama: postcardsfromspace: segoli: zennistrad: In light of the controversy that has been extending back for more than half a year at this point, something extremely depressing has come to light. Not too long ago, Totalbiscuit, a popular games critic who is supported by GamerGate (though he claims to be neutral), wrote a lengthy Twitlonger questioning…
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For combined diversity and magnitude, as well as for impact on the thinking of others, Sutton-Smith’s body of scholarly work on play is unparalleled. Sutton-Smith is the author of some 50 books, the most recent of which was The Ambiguity of Play, and some 350 scholarly articles. In addition to researching and writing at a…
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mostlysignssomeportents: Bruce Sterling’s closing remarks from SXSW Interactive: who isn’t in the room? As ever, Bruce Sterling’s closing remarks to the SXSW Interactive festival were a barn-burner; in them, Sterling rattles off a list of people who should be in the room, either because they know something that is lost on mainstream geekdom, or because they…