So, October 1, 2016 at the Hilton Hotel, I had the pleasure of being able to attend the first annual Southeast Game Exchange in Greenville South Carolina. It was a bit of a trip. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to stay long because my debit card decided to shut off due to “suspicious activity” but I stayed as long as was...
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***Update 1 – 2016-10-07 – 19:00 CEST*** I honestly didn´t think that Gizmodo would go after Palmer Luckey (the founder of Oculus Rift) a second time (Gizmodo´s first article was called “Palmer Luckey, Millionaire Founder of Oculus Rift, Loves Donald Trump and Dates a Gamergater“). As I thought that the first backlash agains...
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So, at what point did gamers, and by extension, #GamerGate, become Alt-Right? Now, some of you might be thinking “That’s ridiculous. I’m not Alt-Right.” Don’t worry, I believe you. As someone who identifies as Libertarian, it annoys me when I read articles like “How the Alt-Right Invaded Geek Culture” which makes the claim that the Alt-Right trying...
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Remember when developers could take criticism? A short while back, a developer studio by the name of Digital Homicide decided they were going to sue some 100 Steam users for giving negative reviews. Holy mother of God, that is gold. It’s crazy. For making a bunch of mediocre, if not outright bad, games, DH decided to sue their audience, people who....
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After the fallout of the censorship of “Fire Emblem Fates” and the controversies that came as a result, you’d think Nintendo of America would use the logical centers of their brains and not have that happen again. Unfortunately, Nintendo’s Treehouse doesn’t see it that way. As we can see from Twitter user @ramtower, also known as Richar...
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Just recently I (Jay Shay) got a chance to do an interview with RyanoftheStars who´s a fan translator (Ryan runs a site called “Karasu Corps“) from Japan. So we talked about everything from his recent hacker attacks, fan translations, #GamerGate to Torrential Downpour. Jay TGG Would you be so kind and introduce yourself and Karasu Corp...
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It’s a shame what’s happened to the original creators of Wayside Creations. It seems that the company itself is having some internal problems, stemming from what appears to be investor fraud. To my understanding, the company had a Kickstarter to fund one of their projects, and the money has since vanished without a trace. The original creators of W...
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So Sony’s live meeting has come and gone and I, like plenty of other people, had the pleasure of watching it live. Happily, we finally get our first look at the PS4 Pro, previously known as the PS4 Neo (though frankly Neo would have made for a far cooler name). PlayStation fans across the globe had a reason to be...
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