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My looks are often commented on long before the work I've done.

dinty_moore — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:07:56 -0800

Women in the gaming industry have taken to twitter to talk about the sexism they've faced under the hashtag #1reasonwhy Of similar interest: David Gaider (writer for the dragon age series) about why the female perspective in game development is important.

A long way to go to lose

JHarris — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:34:26 -0800

Here is a video playthrough of The Legend of Zelda without a sword. It is possible to get right up to the last boss without one, although it requires knowing a lot of tricks. That is exactly what mev1978 does in his playthrough, without dying. And then he does it again in the second quest. First quest (1:61:31) - Second quest (1:13:18) I don't think many of you will watch all the way through these things, but if you try, take my advice. In the first quest video, when he enters the Graveyard, there's going to be a lot of grinding, so start skipping ahead.

The Power Of Killer Tofu

flatluigi — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:13:06 -0800

Back when Super Meat Boy first came out, PETA made a parody game called Super Tofu Boy, which sort of sucked hard. Really hard. But the developers were amused, and so they put a secret into the game, letting you play as Tofu Boy himself! Unfortunately, the anemic little man could only jump half as high as the titular character and was unable to run, making it seem absolutely impossible to use him in any capacity. He can't even complete the very first level of the game.

And so, he was shelved as a joke character, and everyone forgot about him.

Or not.

{OTD}q has just released a video showing almost every possible level possible to beat with Tofu Boy and set it to a killer soundtrack, pairing the popular fansong/remix "The Power of Meat" with a lovely mix of everyone's favorite band.

Gaming in the Clinton Years

Anatoly Pisarenko — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:45:37 -0800

In the mid-1990s, a man named George Wood created a TV show called Flights of Fantasy on a Maryland public-access channel. The show was was dedicated to videogames, and gained quite a few detractors; Wood was not known for his playing skills, research, or good taste, and the production was rather cheap. He would also tend to go off-topic, sometimes markedly so.

It had a small following, being a local public-access show, but would have been lost forever had Wood not joined a video gaming association called NAViGaTR, who archived the entire series, edited each episode, and put them online as Gaming in the Clinton Years.

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flatluigi — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:37:34 -0800

Greg Mclanahan of Gamasutra talks how to design achievements right.

Poison Shroom

juv3nal — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:16:10 -0800

RIP 1UP & EGM. 1UP.com produced some stellar gaming podcasts. Most of the staff responsible for those have now been laid off. Links to torrented archives and twitters to keep track of former 1UPers.

MmmmMm .. . I wants me one o' them robot corpse thingies. . ..

Tlogmer — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:52:05 -0800

Videogames are falling into the uncanny valley. (Previous mefi discussion: 1 2 -- aw, hell).

2-bit executives

Pretty_Generic — Fri, 13 Jun 2003 01:34:59 -0800

Video Gaming: it's a Dumb, Dumb, Dumb, Dumb Industry.