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Shouting Into A Vacuum
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Shouting Into A Vacuum
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- Currently freelance, I write for Gamasutra and am editor of WorldsInMotion.biz, which means I'm content chair for the two-day, online worlds-focused Worlds in Motion Summit at GDC. I do a weekly column at GameSetWatch, The Aberrant Gamer, which deals with social, psychological and sexual issues in games. I review regularly for Destructoid and Paste, and contribute semi-regularly to The Escapist. I also keep a blog, Sexy Videogameland, which means I don't have any time to actually play video games.
I don't freelance for other industry sites outside Gamasutra, but I'm always interested in consumer work. Specifically, I'm looking right now to do some more reviews -- don't bug me if you can't pay me something, though.
I also realize I have a pet peeve about people using their freaking Second Life avatar as their profile portrait. Since coming to this realization, I have ceased to accept friend requests from people with Second Life avatar portraits in place of sensible ones. Sorry, s'just how I roll.
Also, I'm a jerk.
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Shouting Into a Vacuum
I spend way too much time, and way too many words, on my blog posts sometimes, so I thought I'd try pointing out a couple of my "favorite" new pieces here to share with my peers -- because I'm sure many of you can relate to the occasional, distinct sensation that some of the things you concentrate your effort on the most intently are precisely those pieces that slip through the cracks.
I recently wasted spent a lot of my free time presenting the issue of cross-media co… Continue
Posted on January 15th, 2008 at 4:26pm — 1 Comment
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Good job getting some more indie-style games into a magazine. :)
Working from a more abstract context then, I still ask, *Isn't* sexually best when it's dignified? You said you were careful to suggest such a thing, but is that you're afraid of making a definitive statement, or because you think it's untrue? It's a big question to consider, particularly for those of us who love our media (games, film, etc).
Still loving your work. :)
It's cool knowing that I saw it first though. :)
To answer your question, as to how one puts nude characters into a game without cheapening it ... probably the same way(s) it's done in film. Which, of course, means the game would probably require some emphasis on plot.
I also wanted to ask you for more detail about this statement: "I want to be careful in stating that sexuality is best when it's dignified -- there are, of course, all sorts of indignities that can be titillating." More elaboration plz? Isn't sexuality best when it's dignified?
Really wish I had the foresight to write about that Thanksgiving get together after it happened.
Great stuff.
Also, I'm going to start stealing from children.
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