New Year’s End: A BioShock Short Film.
Whoa, this is absolutely excellent!
Let me tell you about this band called Fun.
You’ll never catch me! Not when I shift into…
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]
the best 52 seconds in film history
i love … the onion … so much …
Fandom: Hamtaro
“Suddenly, Laura was zapped with some purplish-blue lightening stuff that came outta the phone. She screamed and dropped the phone, but she was already too late. Her arm was burnt to a crisp, but so was her heart. Like a bad chicken nugget.”
It’s an egg sac! Let’s look at the embryo.
Twins!
Also uhm
white people
used to have arranged marriages all the time
that was just the way shit happened
this whole just randomly date and choose a person you love thing is very new
so white people, don’t act all superior about shit you don’t understand when you obviously don’t even understand your own fucking history or you know, have empathy for other human beings
when to correct someone’s grammar:
- when you are their english teacher
- when their improper grammar might cause confusion or it misrepresents their intent
when not to correct someone’s grammar:
- when you just finished your AP Lit course and suddenly feel like you are the sole protector of the noble english language from these marauding savages who drop apostrophes from compound words
Nerds and Male Privilege
This great article from Kotaku, (that’s right, Kotaku) functions as a kind of introductory lesson to its mostly male readers about male privilege in the gaming world, breaking it down piece-by-piece for the men who have ever refused or ignored talks of male privilege in gaming culture. Now, many of us gamers who already understand the ramifications of a cis-straight-male-dominated gaming and geek culture will not be surprised at all by the writer’s words. However, this 101 on male privilege features important and vital information for those gamers who have lived their lives as geeks blissfully unaware, or defiantly ignorant, of the privilege that they hold within gaming, and how that privilege manifests in all areas of their lives.
Now with this in mind, consider why being a girl first may be a hindrance to geek girls. A guy who plays a first person shooter – Call of Duty, Halo, Battlefield, what-have-you – online may expect a certain amount of trash talking, but he’s not going to be inundated with offers for sex, threats of rape, sounds of simulated masturbation or demands that he blow the other players – but not before going to the kitchen and getting them a beer/sandwich/pizza first. Men will also not be told that they’re being “too sensitive” or that “they need to toughen up” when they complain about said sexual threats.
Men also won’t have their opinions weighed or dismissed solely on the basis of how sexy or attractive they are. The most common responses a woman can expect in an argument – especially online – is that she’s fat, ugly, single, jealous, a whore, or a lesbian – or any combination thereof – and therefore her opinion is irrelevant, regardless of it’s actual merits. This is especially true if she’s commenting on the portrayal of female characters, whether in comics, video games or movies.
It seems rare when an influential and popular site as Kotaku features an article like this as their top story, and hopefully, more will come.
As usual on Kotaku, whenever there is an article directly relating to critiquing the cis straight male culture, be careful when reading the comments, as although some are indeed supportive of the article, and some feel enlightened, many comments are men defending the culture and upholding the status quo of the straight male gaze.
this is a really good article
(the comments section is a shitstorm, btw)
Kotaku did a good thing how nice :)
what a good article
