Writer Brian White reviews Clipping Through: One Mad Week in Video Games, by games journalist Leigh Alexander. Leigh uses a week-long trip to the GDC in San Francisco as a microscope with which to examine the games industry. It's a very personal, thought provoking read.
Josh Griffiths writes: "It’s hard to type with all this protective gear on, but I find it necessary. This article will be about a Kickstarter involving Leigh Alexander, Zoe Quinn, Maddy Myers, and Kathrine Cross."
Looks like it'll have great production values, but I'm not a huge fan of games as political statements on society.
It's easy to believe what someone is saying if they yell it loud enough to cover up counter-arguments and protest. But when evidence is staring you in the face, maybe it's time to reconsider. AUTOMATON's Shehzaan Abdulla uses recent events to prove that gamers, as a people and a title, aren't done yet.
Good Morning, Orthodoxy is a series of articles examining posts made on August 28 and 29. In this first installment, I (Todd Wohling) examine how the articles attempted to change the definition of the term “gamer”.