Links: Radical Jedi Feedback

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Links: Passive Generational Indemnity

• What if interactivity is the new passivity?
• What does it mean to be offended by the Hatred trailer?
• What makes a game last a generation?
• Paid or F2P?
• Where indeed is Cathy O'Neil's vagina?
• If FGM is barbaric, should we consider male circumcision the same way?
• What can the French indemnity of 1871-73 teach us about today's Eurozone crisis?

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Links: Kardashian Assassin Trigger Puzzle

• What can we make of the historical accuracy of Assassin's Creed?
• Does everyone have to love Elite?
• Did you hear about the efforts made to save Peter Kassig's life that ultimately failed?
• Are trigger warnings causing more harm than good?
• How do you make a good puzzle game?
• What, have you really put in a link about that Kim Kardashian game?

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Links: Christmas Toast Anecdotes in HD

• Are emotive anecdotes doing as much harm as good?
• Are you one of those Christmas people?
• Have you read that deeply-researched piece on the Deus Ex sequels that never happened?
• What are the ethics of free-to-play design?
• What does David Simon really think about The Wire being released in HD format?
• How do you make toast?
• Why do recent GTAs seem more unpleasant than earlier editions?

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Siteseeing: Clones, Simulations and Male Escorts

It’s been awhile since the last link roundup. This week, Link Drag is called Siteseeing.

• When is a clone not a clone?
• What does Slingo reveal about casual game design?
• Why are professional computer simulations becoming more like games?
• How do you run a store like itch.io?
• What’s wrong with game journalism?
• What does the male escort market tell us about sexuality?
• Why am I watching this anime music video oh my god jesus god?

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Links: The Dying Creative World

This week, Link Drag is called Links. Who knows what it will be called next week.

• Is Simon Pegg crying out for the sweet release of death?
• What can we learn from an interview with Dirac prize winner David Deutsch in 1992 about the educational aspects of videogames?
• What happened to couch co-op?
• An honest postmortem of Kickstarter?
• How difficult is it making a horror game?
• Are TED talks lying to you?
• How will the reimagined Pathologic relate to the original?

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The Gamer Uprising

Mine is the last voice you will ever hear. Do not be alarmed.

Instead of the planned link roundup, here is a special edition dedicated solely to #gamergate.    

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Read Out: Your Pants Look Like A Horse

This week, Link Drag is called Read Out. Who knows what it will be called next week.

• Is Raph Koster responsible for getting a horse to eat your insides?
• How much are indie dev customers really worth?
• Oh, really, what could possibly go wrong with a story involving "F2P game" and "two-year-old"?
• How has Ingress taken over Laura Michet's life? Can we get her back?
• Why not choose your own adventure?
• What's Actual Sunlight all about then?
• Why does The Act of Killing stand out against other documentaries about mass murder?

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This Link Drag is a Content Parasite

I know, there was no post this week. Don't look so shocked. Here are some links instead. This week:

• What's a good plan for indie marketing?
• What are the seven questions you should ask every Kickstarter?
• Why is it time to stop calling games 'indie'?
• Should we tune down the hype for No Man's Sky?
• What happened with Julian Assange's autobiography?
• Who creates content?
• If you had to file form W-8BEN-E for UK limited companies, would you just file it with the trash?

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