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?
Find your six click escapes below.
Top 10 Electron Dance Articles of 2014
Electron Dance is going to sleep for a couple of weeks! Read on to discover the top ten articles this year on Electron Dance. That's right, I've finally written a fucking top ten list. EPIC.
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?
Find the links below.
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
Instead of the planned link roundup, here is a special edition dedicated solely to #gamergate.
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?
Find the links below.
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?
Please find your seven click escapes below.