juegosrancheros.com — austin indie game collective Amanita Design The Velvet Onion | Quick access to the Booshniverse. Hemisphere Games The Art of Non-Conformity Challenging Authority Since 1978 I am a writer, traveler, and entrepreneur with the goal of visiting every country in the world while connecting with other world-changers. Continue reading about Chris Mission Accomplished! Under The Mask | A deeper look at heroes and villains. curiosity counts Reconsidering the Feminism of Joss Whedon The facts are these: Joss Whedon is lauded as being one of the most forward-thinking show creators and writers currently wielding his craft today. The famous exchange between Whedon and a reporter – Why do you write these strong female characters? Because you’re still asking me that question – is bandied around the internet on a frequent basis. (Although this exchange was of his own imagining.) He’s praised for his interesting and multiform characters. Why, in these very pages, I’ve given him a share of credit myself. He’s earned the moniker of feminist seemingly through just the creation of strong female characters alone. Buffy the Vampire Slayer The infamous Season 5 Buffybot was Whedon’s winking homage to The Stepford Wives, an automaton that existed literally to please men. Buffy, for all her killing vamps and breaking stuff, is rather a weak character. And Buffy is textually weak in all her relationships. And this is how it goes, time and time again on the show. Hey, Faith!
Journey - Once More Into The Desert The desert awaits: a lonely, confusing, disorientating wilderness. That, however, was last year. Two hours isn't a particularly long time to dedicate to a game, even for me, so - bouyed by the game's winter promotion and with hopefully the notion that I'd find some of the experience at least a little bit unfamiliar, I recently fired Journey back up. Flipping over to my 'alternative' PSN moniker (one that hadn't played Journey, so as to be as fresh as possible) and selecting the icon from the XMB, I settled back, excitedly hunched over the DualShock, ready for that beautiful attract screen to stir into action. Oh, the memories. Some things you simply never forget. And so, there I was, at the Broken Bridge before I knew it, glyphs collected and I'm running around mentally ticking off boxes whilst my character opens up the grates that'll enable the whimsical animations to kick into life. And then, it happened.
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