Culture Clash: Something I’ll Never Do Again
Now here's a funny thing: this article has absolutely nothing to do with what I'd originally planned. But this is a situation where the story changes in telling, rather than an editor telling you to...
View ArticleCulture Clash: Meta Effect
Officially speaking, my job with Culture Clash, the column I've written for the International Game Developers Association for nine years now, is to talk about how gaming culture relates to, is...
View ArticleCulture Clash: World of Wonkcraft
I was casting about for a good topic to write about in this month's installment of Culture Clash, my montly column for the International Game Developers Association, and this one fell into my lap. It...
View ArticleCulture Clash: The ABCs of AAA
I'd been on-again, off-again about doing a Culture Clash article for the IGDA on the Kickstarter phenomenon. I mean, would my observations add that much? And what you'll see below isn't exactly a...
View ArticleCulture Clash: Play it Some Author Way
I love writing my monthly Culture Clash column for the IGDA... except when I'm trying to think of topics. As I might have mentioned before, my entire mind immediately goes blank when I'm asked to think...
View ArticleCulture Clash: That Used to Be Us
As I allude in the body of this column, I didn't intend to write anything about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary school. In fact I kind of instructed myself not to. What could I say? That I'm...
View ArticleCulture Clash: You Just Had to Be There
It consistently amazes me that I've written this column for over ten years now. Not the length of time, the fact that they haven't wised up and fired my ass yet. After all, aside from my unique ability...
View ArticleCulture Clash: The Fourth Letter
This month's Culture Clash column is inspired in part by a chronic affliction of mine: every twelve months or so, I undergo a strange frenzy of attention-paying to the work of Ice-Pick Lodge, the...
View ArticleCulture Clash: A Camel
This column is doubtless more ironic given my far tamer thoughts on the Xbox One - and console wars in general - I shared with Ben Hoyt just a few days ago. But then E3 happened, and E3 changes...
View ArticleCulture Clash: Storyville, Population One
Man I've been behind these past couple weeks. I've barely had a chance to stop by and say hello. I suppose I could say I need more leisure time and fewer responsibilities, really I just need to manage...
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