Video games are often assumed to have an even playing field, but they facilitate skill transfer from game to game, allowing certain players a built-in advantage.The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games identifies deep-seated challenges in the culture of video games--but all is not lost. As Paul...
Sometimes, people who seem uptight are really just awkward or misunderstood, and Squidward Tentacles of "SpongeBob SquarePants" is a perfect example. He's depicted as constantly put-upon, but a closer look reveals that he may actually be the best character in the series. Although he's always ...
But even in his desperation to distract people from how toxic the Facebook name had become following a series of moderation and data privacy scandals, Zuckerberg didn't go as far, withFacebook placed under new parent company name Metarather than the platform itself chang...
It’s been in business for 20 years and has been at its current location in Long Beach since January 2020. I spoke to owner Ryan Skinner about what comics Angelenos are reading. What are some hot titles that are selling at your store? “Ultimate Spider-Man”: Peter Parker gets bit...
The campaign is very short compared to what we are actually expected to do as the game loop and was arguably the best part of the game. People expected a lot more out of their money and I think they were right to do so. I couldn’t rate this game higher than 5/10 even in a ...
“If you take a young person and put them into a dirty plaster room, you're not going to engage that person,” said Ashley. “They don't want to work in messy, toxic environments. They want to produce nice work in a clean environment, working normal hours. Digital really helps us do...
Things which are gone, which no longer make sense. We say of objects or people that they mean so much to us. There’s no point asking what exactly it is that’s meant. It’s a meaning without words, that’s only apparent in the dried-up words that remain after it’s gone. But ...
In pvp you are only as good as your weakest link. While you can carry a few people in PVE, doing so in PVP is much harder. We humans want to control the outcome of our actions, not having this ability makes us duck away.
Livin' they soft life with they feet kicked up," she sings in "Hardlife." Elsewhere, the spoken-word piece "Agayu’s Revelation" sees Walker taking accountability and prioritizing inner work over toxic relationships ("Stop workin' with people who are made of glass if you are made of ...
The people who cannot comprehend anything other than a competative mindset are usually the most toxic, and are usually the ones ragging on PVE players. This goes for both circles, not just PVP. And their just as toxic over here. The only bad thing is the design team seems to be prioriti...