Not, y'know, universally lovely things, though obviously a post of kittens and spaceships would be keen, but lovely things for me, lovely writing related things, which I fully intended to blog about in a more timely fashion but clearly that didn't happen so everything gets thrown in together, like a cake! A delicious, tasty cake…
Tag: monkey island
Happy International Women’s Day!
Almost appropriately timed (it was actually posted yesterday) is the release of the first episode of Anita Sarkeesian's phenomenally successful Kickstarter Trope vs. Women in Video Games. And it's bloody good. I was a bit worried it was going to be informative, but kind of dry and dull. And, lo, it is quite dry, but…
Sensible Armour Matters
Computer games have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I’ve loved them from when, under parental supervision, I stuck a cassette in my much mourned C64 and then had to find something else to do for an hour while it loaded up (with the ever present fear that…