Tag Archive | gaming
I did it! I am now a Twitch Affiliate!
Yes, if you wondered where I have been the past year, it has been over at Twitch. And this morning I got some wonderful news: Yes, that is the name of my channel. Feel free to visit and say hi! https://www.twitch.tv/lessonslearned1
TV Tropes Monday: You All Meet in an Inn
Tweet of the Day: Hacking the 5th “Start and the beginning and keep on writing,” is a common piece of writing advice. But where do you start, exactly? What if you need a convenient location where it would make sense for the protagonist to meet, discuss the adventure to be had, and perhaps get waylaid […]
The Life and Death of Mass Effect: A Failed Trilogy
Tweet of the Day: Mass Effect: Andromeda- Update from the Studio It is almost official, the Mass Effect gaming franchise is dead. But how did it come to this?
Lessons Learned Podcast: Implementing Diversity in Video Games
More on diversity with my co-host Chapomon:
Wondering where I have been?
Tweet of the Day: At the Bias: Mansplaning and the Power of Naming Well I have been streaming! Yes, I have my own gaming stream channel and the game that I’m playing right now is Apotheon, a Greek Mythology based sidescrawler/platformer game. You can join the stream at 9:00 p.m. Eastern (U.S.) or catch […]
Tropes Monday: Tropes Vs. Women Comes to an End
Tweet of the Day: The Mismeasure of Media Tropes vs. Women, a web series helmed by Anita Sarkeesian has come to an end. Long time readers know that I was and still am a fan of the series due to its concise, critical analysis of tropes in the medium of video games from a […]
Genre in a Shoebox
Tweet of the Day: Bustin’ Makes Boys Feel Sad- Why Ghostbusters is So Hated As I delved deep insight a dwemer (dwarves in The Elder Scrolls games) ruin in Skyrim, I remember how much I loved exploring the halls full of steam pipes, robots and weird techo-magical devices. Which is weird because the […]
Interview with Matt Conn, designer of Read Only Memories
Tweet of the Day: Why Diverse Games: Starting Close to Home ——- I often write about representation, race, ethnicity, diversity in media. Now I had a chance to talk with someone knee deep in bringing the LGBT+ community to the larger gaming community: ——-
Tru-Fans(tm) vs. Consumers
Tweet of the Day: An Interview with Jim Sterling about sexism in game culture ——– The eternal struggle between the dedicated Tru-Fans™ vs. the Considerate Consumer: ——–
First Interview on my Channel
A quick update to let you know that I have posted the first interview with a game developer on my gaming You Tube channel: