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Christopher Wragg's Comments
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Comment In: $2 Million Grant To Develop Game That Breaks Bias Against Women In Sciences [News - 10/13/2010 - 06:53]
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I'd suggest reading up about ... I'd suggest reading up about the oligarchy we live in and the layers of privilege. Simply googling male privilege should get you on the right track. Basically it boils down to deeply ingrained beliefs that confer certain privileges to different social groups within the greater cultural structure. The common dichotomies ... |
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Comment In: Left 4 Dead And Communicating In The Heat Of The Moment [Blog - 08/04/2010 - 08:22]
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@Max TH BF:BC2 example is ... @Max TH BF:BC2 example is an interesting one as it actually rewards players with an xp bonus for spotting opponents, or marking objective that squad members higher xp bonus or team members slightly lower bonus actually then deal with. It's not only marks something important, but provides incentive for team ... |
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Comment In: Standard MMO Character Roles: The Good and the Bad [Blog - 07/30/2010 - 06:02]
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Well Guild Wars mitigates a ... Well Guild Wars mitigates a large quantity of the PuG issues simply by allowing the secondary class/skill changes in town. There's no additional talent swap cost, and many characters can be effective in alternate roles. Additionally Guild Wars still makes heavy use of Crowd Control skills, allowing players to approach ... |
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Comment In: Games: seeing the strategic possibilities [Blog - 07/09/2010 - 02:06]
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I'm a fan of games ... I'm a fan of games with emergent strategy. Two examples that spring to mine immediately are DA:O and Guild Wars. Both games have a couple of very simple, early and apparent strategies, enough to do two things, a provide on a platter, simple yet workable strategies for players who don't ... |
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Comment In: EA, BioWare Confirm Dragon Age 2 For March 2011 [News - 07/08/2010 - 01:17]
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@Tore @Bart Couldn't agree more, ... @Tore @Bart Couldn't agree more, there's currently an annoying trend of removing RPG elements rather than fixing them. People don't seem to understand gear trade-offs in many traditional style RPGs, often there's rarely a right answer to what you wear, sure one thing may statistically be better than another from ... |
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Comment In: You Didn't Fail Games. Games Are Failing You [Blog - 05/30/2010 - 01:40]
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The only reason a game ... The only reason a game like Bioshock is hard to explain is the exact reason many a movie's more subtle messages are only accessible to movie critics. One has to be used to recieving subtle messages from the device of delivery, or all they see is the subtheme and genre. ... |
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Comment In: Wanted - Real Time Secretary [Blog - 05/21/2010 - 09:13]
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Hrm yeah, for instance, a ... Hrm yeah, for instance, a handy tap at the top that simply showed the units capable of being produced relative to a placeable tag aka a zone that encompasses an area, a simple click drag to form a radius at the start of the game would give you unit production ... |
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Comment In: Legendary Pictures Acquires Mass Effect Film Rights [News - 05/24/2010 - 07:48]
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If they wanted a familiar ... If they wanted a familiar character, and yet didn't want to intrude upon the my shepard nature of the games they could easily form the games around other characters. For isntance the events of the iPhone game featuring Miranda and Jacob would make a decent movie. Additionally giving more backstory ... |
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Comment In: Study: Does Industry Lose Money By Ignoring Aging Gamer Needs? [News - 05/17/2010 - 10:41]
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My bias is that as ... My bias is that as people age, they are less likely to be interested in games, but I agree that will change as today s 20-something hardcore gamers age This is fair enough, and seems a reasonable representation of the same thing I've observed. For instance, my grandmother wouldn't want ... |
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Comment In: Evony Pledges To Clean Up Misleading Ads [News - 05/14/2010 - 09:24]
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@ Dave Just per your ... @ Dave Just per your final point in that rant To believe that Evony's previous advertising strategy was anything other than manipulating female sexuality for financial gain is absurd. Sure multiple companies do this in varying ways, and sure perceptions of sexuality are different in other cultures. But it's not ... |
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