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The most embarrassing thing about being a gamer today is definitely other gamers.  We, as a culture, decided somewhere that racism and rampant misogyny was okay because something something, and no one bothered to point out that “something something” isn’t a real argument because we’re all a bunch of whiny, entitled, weirdly racist brats. Did [...]

One of the most difficult skills to master when telling a story is knowing when to stop telling it.  The temptation to go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on until somebody points a gun to your head and tells you to shut up or [...]

“The best movie you’ll ever see will never be made. It will exist only in your mind.” (James Cameron) That fake quote from Cameron makes a relevant point about trailers, and is very appropriate since this is an article about fakes. A great trailer can sometimes promise an unbelievable movie that the actual full film [...]

A few months back, Roger Ebert posted a blog in which he asserted that video games would never be considered art. He freely admitted to not having really played many games and having the inborn bias against them that so many of his generation do, but he was still confident in his contention that there [...]

Back in 2009, the people over at IGN.com decided to create a phony movie trailer for April Fools Day that was based on the video game saga The Legends of Zelda. This video clip was very powerful and created a buzz that rippled through the foundation of all fans who enjoy playing as the heroic [...]