MetaFilter posts tagged with Gamers

Not now James, we're busy

Artw — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:38:40 -0800

Robert Yang on the homophobic response to his Half-Life 2 mod Handle With Care.

Lab coats and safety goggles at the gun show...

Tesseractive — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:56:30 -0800

Playing Half-Life with a real gun? The magic of drywall, accelerometers, and geeks. (SLYT.) Courtesy of the good people at Waterloo Labs.

Video Games and The People Who Love Them

Happy Dave — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:00:12 -0800

A Life Well Wasted is a new podcast about video games and the people who love them, created by freelance writer Robert Ashley. Tightly edited and fascinating, it's been described in comment threads as NPR for gamers and something you wouldn't be surprised to hear on BBC Radio 4. Ashley talks about his project on last week's Gamers with Jobs Conference Call.

I'm just enthused out of my face...

Nice Guy Mike — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:15:17 -0800

Perennial MeFi favourite Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, the behatted ex-pat brit best known for the bitingly sarcastic game reviews in Zero Punctuation (previously on MeFi) has a new project... ...and some friends, apparently. Teaming up with Guy "Yug" Blomberg and Matt "Matt" Burgess of the AustralianGamer podcast (upon which Yahtzee has previously been a guest), the three Australian-based game lovers have produced GameDamage, a pilot episode of a game review- preview- and humour- show. More ambitious than the usual 5-minute video podcast, the pilot runs as a half-hour TV magazine show format ranging from on-the-sofa interaction between the three hosts, cutaway pre-recorded monologues, skits (of varying quality, to be honest) and a grand prize* competition... The makers have made it clear that this is not "Zero Punctuation TV", nor do they have any desire to make it so, but are instead going for a wider web-based or even true TV audience, if the pilot drums up enough interest. *For certain values of "Grand Prize", that is...

Nintendo's E3 Keynote Largey A Dissapointment, Says Internets.

Effigy2000 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:51:27 -0800

This was not a triumph. I'm making a note here. Epic fail. It's hard to overstate my disappointment. Nintendo. They do what they must at E3 because they can. For the good of all casual gamers except the ones who are hardcore. But there is no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of new games. And the science gets done, and you make some neat pheripheral add-ons for the people who own a Wii.

Super Epic Video Game News

BartFargo — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:44:22 -0800

Super Epic Video Game News. Several Channel 101 alumni are bringing their own distinctive style to game and tech journalism. Perfect for those who love video games, but hate the people that play them. The YouTube comments are an even split between impotent rage and people who get the joke. For those who don't like Channel 101 or video game news, you have been warned.

The Myth of the Media Myth: Games and Non-Gamers

flatluigi — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:36:25 -0800

"Inevitably, after I finish speaking, the strong opinions come. It happens the same way every time: People listen and then they say what they've been feeling. Videogames are not good for you. Videogames are a waste of time. They isolate children. Kids never go outside to play. They just sit there and stare at the TV all day."

The Myth of the Media Myth: Games and Non-Gamers.

Gamers' Cribs! But less exciting.

phyrewerx — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:02:04 -0800

Pictures of offices and desks of video game designers, journalists and celebrities. Includes Dan Hsu, the guys from Penny Arcade, the guy who made Ultima Online and Boing Boing?

Homophobia in Halo 3

patr1ck — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:41:52 -0800

"I want to hang you because you're gay." [nsfw audio]
"That's not very nice." But that is what player xxx GayBoy xxx heard on while playing Halo 3 on Xbox Live. Gaygamer.net explains that other than his provoking name, he did nothing to call for the prejudice attacks. As most gamers will tell you, this sort of language is common in game. [more nsfw audio] Thank god for the mute button. It's nice to know there are still heroes. [Previously: 1, 2, 3]

The Zelda/Mario Field Guide

Navelgazer — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:10:54 -0800

Destructoid's Guide to Rec ogn izi ng Y our Gam ers

Gamers and their avatars

CunningLinguist — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:52:22 -0800

Gamers and their avatars

Say goodbye to your schoolwork, social life, and all your loved ones

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:48:34 -0800

After nine years of waiting, Blizzard has just announced Starcraft II. IGN is liveblogging the announcement from the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in South Korea, where love for the original is so great it brings with it $100,000 tournaments, matches aired on television, and fatalities from over-playing.

Puppies are optional; pictures of the Fragdolls are not.

XQUZYPHYR — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:39:20 -0800

How to write an article about women who play video games. A sarcastic 10-step guide by Richard Corbett.

Have a cup of hot coffee while you read this...

WolfDaddy — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:01:33 -0800

Sex & Games Finally, a place that seems to discuss sexuality in videogames as an adult topic. Brand new forum/blog/branch of the IGDA, their leadership is a) mostly female, b) commited to "The right of developers to work together to create sexually themed games free of censorship and regulation," and encouraging parental responsibility and c) a nice tonic for Jack Thompson's hysteria.

This game fucking sucks

bob sarabia — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:13:54 -0800

Game PR Catchphrases: What They Really Mean

Quote: “Downloadable content available through our website!"
Indicates: There's going to be new levels, new maps, new everything after the game is out, making the purchase fully worth your $50.
True Meaning: We'll fix the game breaking bug about 3 weeks after the game's out, hope you guys aren't on 56K because it'll be a 186 MB patch. Also, hopefully this game will have some devoted mod/map makers, because the publisher isn't going to release shit. But there are some cool wallpapers to download!
by Corin Tuckers Stalker and Ryan "OMGWTFBBQ" Adams, from Something awful

Gamers with disabilities

WolfDaddy — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:33:45 -0800

Deaf Gamers is a terrific resource containing electronic game reviews with the hearing-impaired in mind. Digging a little deeper, I found a still-in-work but promising Gamers With Disabilites FAQ hosted by Gone Gold. We all love to play games and the resources contained herein will hopefully help us all play better. Any other resources out there that you'd like to share?

GameFAQs has got your back!

WolfDaddy — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:01:29 -0800

Need help trying to beat one of your Vectrex or Apple II games? GameFAQs is the place you need to be. Covering just about any system on which one can play a game, this archive is for the serious gamer in you. Also, everyone should begin pronouncing "FAQ" as "fahh-queue". Thank you.

hoopyfrood — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:49:01 -0800

Heres something for all the "L337" When was the first time someone babbled in "llama"to you? If you're a fan of the game quake check out this tongue in cheek guide to llama speak

DailyBread — Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:23:51 -0800

PlayStation 2 launches online service - Hard-core gamers looking for new challengers will now have an Internet full of them. Sony on Tuesday released adapters that make PlayStation 2 the first console player to go online. Playstation 2 players who purchase the $39.99 connector can link to Sony's network through a number of new games, including the military shoot-em-up "SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs" and the football simulator "Madden NFL 2003."

badstone — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 09:57:10 -0800

Columbine family loses their scapegoat. Now what can be blamed? Apparently Doom didn't hypnotize those kids into thinking they were in hell after all.

PWA_BadBoy — Wed, 07 Feb 2001 11:47:38 -0800

Police raid Verder dorm room, confiscate computer. Now this normally doesn't sound like anything out of the ordinary... we always hear about this stuff, right? But check out the web page in question. I think this is being taken just a little too far. I used to be an avid StarCraft player too, and I've seen my fair share of clan pages that have a page like the one that got these guys in trouble. Guess we're still in post-Columbine overcarefulness mode...

SilentSalamander — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:32:55 -0800

Video Games 'Unhealthy' for Girls, Study Says Anyone else think this is a bit overblown?

Steven Den Beste — Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:01:46 -0800

And now for something completely pointless... Why on earth would anyone care enough about something this to invest all the time it took to pull this off? Just to break the record high score on a video game which only appears in museums now?

baylink — Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:14:27 -0800

Everquest guide suicides. Or maybe not. No one's really sure. Is this why they call it "Ever-Crack"? [ From Salon via Flutterby. ]

veruca — Sun, 19 Mar 2000 14:03:16 -0800

Oooh! Blizzard will be taking applications for beta testers of Diablo II all day Monday, March 20.