Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Deus Ex‘s Warren Spector will take the lead on System Shock 3 with Otherside Entertainment. What could make the new System Shock sequel even more exciting? How about marking Warren Spector’s return to full-time game design? It seems that Spector, best-known for his work on Deus Ex and the original System Shock, will lead…
This is Episode 7 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available at realfuture.tv. Hafu Chan is a legend. For the past eight years, she’s been a star in one of the most popular sports in the world: competitive video gaming, known as eSports. And she’s done it while facing…
Two years after Gamergate began and multiple restraining orders later, Zoe Quinn is walking away from a criminal harassment case in favor of talking openly about her story. (Erin Patrick O’Connor/The Washington Post) By all accounts, Zoe Quinn — the 28-year-old video game developer whose personal life sparked the Internet conflagration known as Gamergate — had a…
In early February, there was a minor controversy surrounding the critically acclaimed strategy sim, XCOM 2. It turned out that the game, which most people play with a mouse and keyboard, would only be supporting one type of joypad: Valve’s idiosyncratic Steam Controller. Launched in November alongside the new range of Steam Machine PCs, this…
XCOM 2 is great! Well, mostly. It has some performance issues and, more pertinently, it can get a little frustrating with fickle random number calculations and Central screaming at you all the time. Here are some mods to help with that. Save Scum Roller Do you save scum? You probably save scum. Save scumming is…
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers. [www.istrolid.com]…
 Yesterday, Bungie came out with another Destiny Weekly Update (now called âThis Week at Bungieâ) which detailed a few interesting PvP changes (no spawning with special ammo in some modes) and some PvE glitch fixes (fewer teleporting Ogres). What it did not do was dive into much more detail about […] Destiny’s ‘Crimson Days’…
Doom needs guns. It needs hellish landscapes and brutal, uncaring enemies. The game’s legacy has been built on its level design, so it’s important the game avoids a linear path from one battle to the next. Doom is an uncompromising and violent experience, and if you don’t want that? There’s plenty of other stuff to…
You may notice that a lot of things happen to do with sexism on the internet. Sometimes someone has done a sexist thing and people are talking about it. Sometimes someone has written an article about the time they experienced sexism and other people are having feelings about it. Sometimes a particular woman or women…
I’ve had a possibly contentious statement stuck in my head today, and the more I turn it over and over, the more true I think it is. And the more true I think it is, the more hesitant I am to share it due to the very nature of why it’s true. Yet, I know…