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andrewducker) wrote2011-11-21 11:00 am
andrewducker) wrote2011-11-21 11:00 am
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Interesting Links for 21-11-2011
- OWS in an alternate universe
- The co-op business model: share whatever you've got
- A very nice visualisation of a Bach cello piece. Click the "?" in the corner for an explanation
- Oddly, Texas can teach the UK a thing or two on criminal justice
- Go on tour? How old fashioned! Mariah Carey broadcasts holograms instead.
- It looks like setting targets for schools and hospitals is actually a good thing
- What happens when you crack an egg 100ft under water?
- The longest, strangest forgery spree the American art world has known
- Walking through doorways causes forgetting
- Self-Help for Nerds. (Cue numerous disagreeing comments over the definitions of "nerd", "geek" and "dork")
- Amazon leaves girl gamers out in the cold. (Message to marketing departments - please _think_)
- Brent Spiner on perceptions of Star Trek
- Interesting stuff on The Great Dying, when volcanos nearly wiped out all life on Earth.
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I don't mind being stuck with one gender in a game. Would Tomb Raider be better if you could play as Laurence Croft? Would Super Mario Bros be better if you could play as Maria or Louisa?
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Games that allow you lots of control over your character (race, size, clothing, etc.) tend to allow you control over gender as well (as in Dragon Age, Skyrim, Mass Effect, et al). And if you're allowing a selection of multiple characters then including a female one makes sense (see Left 4 Dead or Borderlands).
Games which hand you a single character to play with, on the other hand, you can't expect any individual game to offer you diversity :->