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It just feels like work to retread the same steps I completed last time I played.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/teggle11.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/teggle11.jpg\" alt=\"Teggle\" width=\"400\" height=\"709\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10134980\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/teggle11.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/teggle11-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.playteggle.com/\">\u003ci>Teggle\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>You know how you spent the last few years honing your smart phone tapping and swiping skills, playing games that obfuscate taps and swipes in puzzles and adventure? 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Oh, and play with the sound on… even better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/threes1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/threes1.jpg\" alt=\"Threes\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10134981\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/threes1.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/threes1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://asherv.com/threes/\">\u003ci>Threes\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>Threes is the pattern matching strategy game du jour. Besides one-plus-two there is no math involved, despite its numbery appearance. 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"content": "\u003cp>The intersection of women and games has been getting a ton of column inches lately. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/multimedia/article.jsp?essid=135411\">Sexist working environments\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://kotaku.com/a-bingo-game-for-ridiculous-female-armor-1540234794\">problematic armor\u003c/a> on female characters, the success of Nintendo’s new \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/03/animal-crossing-director/\">majority female dev team\u003c/a>, and even the \u003ca href=\"http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/09/joystiq-discussion-should-there-be-more-female-enemies-in-games/\">dearth of female enemies in games\u003c/a>. We have seen tons of new voices joining in to talk turkey on gender in games. But I noticed something: lots of women, especially when giving talks at conferences, whip out images of themselves playing video games as kids. It might be a faded picture of a little girl, with bed head and one sock, propped up on a mountain of pillows hammering Sonic the Hedgehog moves into a controller far too big for her hands. Or a pair of sisters, each wearing one of dad’s shirts hanging to their knees, fighting over turns at the keyboard. The pictures are cute and heartwarming and are frankly not helping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>I love people who discover at age 7 an all-consuming passion for video games, work hard and grow up to become world class game developers. There’s nothing wrong with a childhood shaped by gaming, it just isn’t the only option. We all get nostalgic for games. Personally, I have a touchy-feely longing for my first time with \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion\">\u003ci>Oblivion\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. It was my first foray into an \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls\">\u003ci>Elder Scrolls\u003c/i>\u003c/a> game and it blew me away. You mean I get to be an elf and sneak around with a giant bow shooting the heads of goodies and baddies from the shadows? Wait and there are a library’s worth of books to read in-game, packed with lore and backstory? Sign me up! It wasn’t the first video game I’d ever played; I’d fiddled with friends’ Nintendos and washed a few sticky arcade standups with waves of frustration, but \u003ci>Oblivion\u003c/i> was the first game that felt like it had been made just for me. I was 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yup. I didn’t get into games until after college. Shock! Flabbergast-ration! Accusations of being a dreaded ‘Late Adopter!’ Sure I picked up the passion as an adult, but late isn’t lousy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10134792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 541px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/DiffusionOfInnovation.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/DiffusionOfInnovation.png\" alt=\"A graph of Everett Rogers Technology Adoption Lifecycle model. Drawn in OmniGraffle and then trimmed in Apple Preview\" width=\"541\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134792\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/DiffusionOfInnovation.png 541w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/DiffusionOfInnovation-400x246.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/DiffusionOfInnovation-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A graph of Everett Rogers Technology Adoption Lifecycle model. Drawn in OmniGraffle and then trimmed in Apple Preview \u003ccite>(Source: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DiffusionOfInnovation.png\">wikipedia\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the lifecycle of the adoption of a technology, I’m am what sociologists call the early majority. I usually wait until the second generation of a console or phone, just so they can get the kinks out before I jump in. No red ring of death for me, thank you very much. And good thing too, because technology, especially of the communication and entertainment varieties, was never meant to be only for early adopters. Smart phones, just as with video games, spread from early ‘disease’ vectors to the population as a whole, the barest definition of a technology’s memetic success. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are biased toward early adopters and their views because they establish the first style and uses for a genre. Makes sense. Get in early and you get more say. The problem comes when those first people are a pretty homogenous cavalcade. 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We started with inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study was sparked by \u003ca href=\"http://gamasutra.com/view/news/173227/Opinion_Video_games_and_Male_Gaze__are_we_men_or_boys.php#.UOYrxHdtwSx\">this article focusing on the male gaze\u003c/a> in games by Brandon Sheffield over on \u003ci>Gamasutra\u003c/i>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 20px;margin-left: 20px\">\n“I know why we put ladies in … ridiculous costumes, and I know why [we don’t] get what the problem is. It’s because we, the people making the decisions on these games, are largely men, largely heterosexual, and as such we like looking at boobs and butts, and we are making this game for others who feel the same way, which is inherently limiting.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From inspiration to the study’s completion was a bit of a whirlwind. “I talked to my advisor; he recommended a grant project the school funded. I applied, was accepted, and here we are over a year later!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10134644\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/jenniferallaway.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/jenniferallaway.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Allaway\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134644\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/jenniferallaway.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/jenniferallaway-400x264.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/jenniferallaway-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Allaway\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Why such an enormous undertaking for one undergrad? “No one has actually tried to… document the sexisim in the games industry.” No one. Ever. This study is the first of its kind. But why do a study to prove what most people already assumed was true? Because anecdotes aren’t evidence. Much like the recent discovery of gravitational waves, which proved a long-theorized model of the expansion of space after the Big Bang, these numbers prove our working model. Empirical studies give us numbers to point to and use as guides for hiring decisions and management of workplace culture. Jennifer put it this way: “I personally feel that the discourse about gender in the game industry has been productive but is also facing an impending downward spiral. I was hoping that … by bringing statistics to the table I could add a layer of academic discussion” to a subject that has otherwise been only anecdotally supported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t just diversity for its own sake. The Entertainment Software Association’s 2013 \u003ca href=\"http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/esa_ef_2013.pdf\">demographic survey\u003c/a> found that 60% of mobile players and 45% of players overall are women. The audience has grown up, and the industry needs to as well. The industry’s male-centric population makes games it wants to look at and play, which is great for one segment of the overall gaming population. According to the ESA survey, 58% of Americans play video games, which makes them a huge cultural force these days. Developers, intentionally or not, export their likes and dislikes, culture and values into the games they make, and if that developer population is homogeneous, it gives one point of view unchallenged power over a hugely lucrative market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Grand Theft Auto V\u003c/i> alone sold almost 12 million copies in one day. Allaway’s work gives developers reassurance that diversifying their games won’t alienate their audiences. When asked if they “feel comfortable playing as a protagonist of a different gender,” more the 80% of respondents, men and women, said yes. Video games are the entertainment medium of the moment; we dedicate so many hours to exploring these other worlds that the human stories and portrayals that make it into games have a huge impact on our culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t mean that men in games are awful people out to crush everyone who’s not like them. As Allaway said in our conversation: “I certainly don’t think that the game industry is full of male chauvinists who live to suppress women.” Unconscious habit is a hard thing to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something men and women do agree on is there is scant education on the subject. Only 29% of those asked (across both genders) believed that “men in the game industry as a whole are educated and informed on the current issues surrounding the treatment of women in the video game industry.” The hope is that education can steer improvement with low female hiring rates and retention, but part of the problem is certainly how women are treated when they do get jobs in the industry. Allaway said, “I think there’s a lot that goes on that men don’t realize affects women in a negative way. And the culture of the industry leads a lot of women to keep their problems to themselves, rather than speak out or explain to their colleagues why they feel uncomfortable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Men and women alike have a responsibility to contribute to the improvement of working conditions. 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The company’s tag word for the launch? Presence. Their challenge is to get the player to feel integrated with the simulation. The visor, which tightens on like a bike helmet, has two HD screens and some fancy new optics, which make the world inside feel all-encompassing. The largest hurdle to the kind of emersion Sony is aiming for? You can’t move much, the cable tethering you to the PS4 restricts your body’s range of motion. It doesn’t seem like a big deal until you have the set on, your brain resettling into the simulated dusty water of the undersea demo Sony used to show off their day one prototype.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10134864\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134864\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus-400x599.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You know it’s not real, but you’re suspending disbelief. Your eyes focus and you’re in a shark cage, bobbing softly among coral. Above you a boat waits; the water looks deep and brightly colored fish are swimming through the bars of the cage and for a moment you do feel present. That is until you turn around to look behind you only to see your virtual avatar body standing there, neck ending in a smooth nub. In fact the whole experience feels forward facing, sure you can turn side to side and even look behind you but the simulation encourages you to stay facing front. Whether this bias will feel constricting in future games is up to developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise it’s fun, easy to enjoy, and has none of the pressure or overheating I’ve experienced with the Oculus visors, which leave me red faced and hot. 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Players are “forming only episodic memories for game narrative” and instead “game characters were consistently remembered,” not for their role in the plot, but for their characterization. Combine that with the numbers from Bioware’s Steam Achievement Data, which show that about half the players complete the storyline of most games, and there is plenty of intel encouraging developers to focus more time and energy on creating memorable characters than on complicated plots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10134865\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdclevine.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdclevine.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134865\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdclevine.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdclevine-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdclevine-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ken Levine, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"http://irrationalgames.com/\">Irrational Games\u003c/a>, whose “Narrative Legos” talk laid out an idea for a game that’s all about character. Instead of writing a plot, Levine described a plan which set the player in the midst of a social world where events are tied to the player’s relationships. These types of games would be full of non-player characters (NPCs) with wants and needs, or, as Levine called them, “passions,” all of which would conflict, align and generally tug at the social network of the game to create events. This generative plot mechanic means the game’s story becomes new, replayable, and specific to every play-through. Kind of like the real world…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Postmortem on Elizabeth, \u003ci>Bioshock\u003c/i>‘s stand out companion character\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does it take to convince us someone is real? How do you create the illusion of life? It’s the ultimate show-don’t-tell problem and Irrational Games’ John Abercrombie showed how they deconstructed the problem for the AI of Elizabeth from \u003ci>BioShock Infinite\u003c/i>, an NPC who is often touted as the best player companion character ever. Everything about Elizabeth had to feel living. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10134867\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcelizabeth.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcelizabeth.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134867\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcelizabeth.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcelizabeth-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcelizabeth-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the player releases Elizabeth from captivity, she bounds around the game with enviable energy and excitement. Irrational Games filled the world with markers to give her curiosity and made her eyes track objects in the world. Having a conversation while walking in meat space involves moving next to and seeing the person you’re talking too, so the team found a solution that kept Elizabeth between the player and the next goal. It made her a partner working in tandem with you, not a secondary tag-along. She is aware of your personal bubble, staying neither creepily close nor impersonally far. And when the bullets start flying, a time when the details fall away as players narrow their attention to managing life or death, they not only kept her out of the way but gave her a job to do: resupply. This kept her connected to the action in the player’s mind without the feeling that she needed babysitting. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of game makers, marketers, and thinkers held here in San Francisco, is packed with talks, announcements, games, demos, and awards. With over 24,000 attending over an intense 5-day whirlwind, it is impossible to get to everything you are interested in, much less absorb the things you don’t know about. This year’s advocacy track was packed with talks about creating a healthier, more diverse industry. Unity, the engine behind most mobile games at the moment, announced its newer, more social engine connectivity; Valve was there showing off their growing Steam box streaming ecosystem and the common areas were strewn with beautiful, quirky, frustrating, and unique indie games. So here are my 3 highlights from the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Project Morpheus\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s most exciting — if not surprising — announcement was Project Morpheus, Sony’s new PS4 peripheral prototype virtual reality headset. The company’s tag word for the launch? Presence. Their challenge is to get the player to feel integrated with the simulation. The visor, which tightens on like a bike helmet, has two HD screens and some fancy new optics, which make the world inside feel all-encompassing. The largest hurdle to the kind of emersion Sony is aiming for? You can’t move much, the cable tethering you to the PS4 restricts your body’s range of motion. It doesn’t seem like a big deal until you have the set on, your brain resettling into the simulated dusty water of the undersea demo Sony used to show off their day one prototype.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10134864\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10134864\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus-400x599.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/gdcmorpheus-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: Game Developers Conference\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You know it’s not real, but you’re suspending disbelief. Your eyes focus and you’re in a shark cage, bobbing softly among coral. Above you a boat waits; the water looks deep and brightly colored fish are swimming through the bars of the cage and for a moment you do feel present. That is until you turn around to look behind you only to see your virtual avatar body standing there, neck ending in a smooth nub. In fact the whole experience feels forward facing, sure you can turn side to side and even look behind you but the simulation encourages you to stay facing front. Whether this bias will feel constricting in future games is up to developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise it’s fun, easy to enjoy, and has none of the pressure or overheating I’ve experienced with the Oculus visors, which leave me red faced and hot. If you want specs: display resolutions, LED layouts, or specifics of the head tracking and movement capture, the Internet is full of them, try \u003ca href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5533914/spec-sheet-sonys-project-morpheus-takes-on-oculus-rift\">The Verge\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/03/18/introducing-project-morpheus/\">Sony’s Blog\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Players are “forming only episodic memories for game narrative” and instead “game characters were consistently remembered,” not for their role in the plot, but for their characterization. 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Instead of writing a plot, Levine described a plan which set the player in the midst of a social world where events are tied to the player’s relationships. These types of games would be full of non-player characters (NPCs) with wants and needs, or, as Levine called them, “passions,” all of which would conflict, align and generally tug at the social network of the game to create events. This generative plot mechanic means the game’s story becomes new, replayable, and specific to every play-through. Kind of like the real world…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Postmortem on Elizabeth, \u003ci>Bioshock\u003c/i>‘s stand out companion character\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does it take to convince us someone is real? How do you create the illusion of life? It’s the ultimate show-don’t-tell problem and Irrational Games’ John Abercrombie showed how they deconstructed the problem for the AI of Elizabeth from \u003ci>BioShock Infinite\u003c/i>, an NPC who is often touted as the best player companion character ever. 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Play as one of the now fantasy standard races — elves, humans, halflings, etc. — against the rising tide of darkness. The graphics are beautiful, the baddies satisfying, and the flexible hover to attack fighting machines make the games easy to start playing while also feeling diverse as you gain more abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Uzka-2Mz8&w=640&h=360]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Star Wars: The Old Republic\u003c/i> (SWTOR) was a personal favorite of mine back when it was still a subscription game. You choose factions at the game’s start: Galactic Republic or Sith Empire. Both have versions of Jedi (both ranged and melee), Smugglers, and Troopers, each with their own special abilities. Much of the play, adventuring over planets, collecting missions, and working too hard to bring down the other faction can be done alone or with an in-game guild. Make sure you also try Huttball, a PvP warzone located on a neutral planet in the Star Wars universe, made up of fire pits and end zones. Knocking an enemy into a burner is just the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm4JEZudf0c&w=640&h=360]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both \u003ci>Star Wars: The Old Republic\u003c/i> and \u003ci>Neverwinter\u003c/i> feature full worlds and the chance to play with your friends or make new ones without paying a dime. There will, of course, be the option to shell out a few bucks to snazz up your character with a fancier outfit or vehicle, cooler-looking weapons, or even the opportunity to find rare items or crafting materials, but the game is great without all that. It’s a temptation you’ll just have to resist, like true Jedi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv-dnj9xY1Y&w=640&h=360]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Wonderputt\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\nThe delightful music soothes your nerves as you explore this whimsical mini-golf map. But don’t let the small scale fool you, the tiny map is modular and changes as you play. Grass is mowed by a herd of cows who themselves get abducted by a waiting UFO. Your ball drops into a crashed submarine and you have to play through an expanded diagram of its major parts. You ford an impossible isometric river and deactivate a stonehenge force field. It’s imaginative and clean and with its no-fail progression, as long as you eventually get the ball in, you are allowed to move on to the next hole. This game is totally free on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kongregate.com/\">Kongregate\u003c/a>. 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You will die frequently and spectacularly, but keep your sense of humor about you, after all the streets of \u003ci>Dungeonland\u003c/i> are lit by unicorn giraffes. The free version contains one of the game’s four stages (and yes some may call that a demo), but that demo is bigger than all of \u003ci>Wonderputt\u003c/i>, so maybe just take your free where you can get it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with all free-to-play, these games have their own methods of funding; most use micropayments to access certain levels or equipment. This shouldn’t deter interested players however, there is plenty of gameplay to be had without the cool factor of showing off your fancy new purchased duds. If you just want to play, free fun is at hand.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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She confronts online harassment and her own experiences with law enforcement officers unwilling to take threats seriously because they were on Twitter. Hess documents the game of hot potato played by police and the companies that host threatening comments regarding who should be responsible for action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not like this treatment is actually deterring women from creating content and living publicly online, right? According to Emily Graslie, host of \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop\">The BrainScoop\u003c/a>\u003c/i>, a YouTube channel focused on natural history from the Field Museum in Chicago, “While there are at least 13 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) channels hosted by men with over 400,000 subscribers and 7 of those 13 which have topped a million, there are only four channels hosted by women that have even 160,000 subscribers.” So female producers can expect both lower viewership and more harassment. 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