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Stop Killing Games: The Case Against Deletion
A game that can no longer be played, regardless of whether a boxed copy exists or a museum exhibit displays its logo, is not preserved. Donating defunct hardware or promotional discs does not preserve interactive media—it aestheticizes its erasure.

J-dawg
3 days ago7 min read
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#StopKillingGames Matters — And Why It’s Going to Win
Because our cause is just, and we can
This is a move to update the laws ultimately, in favor of We, the Consumers. Now that is true for gamers everywhere, where we find our options limited, and our patience abused by bad actors in the gaming space. While we have options in the market to get what we want, today, we see that the big companies just do not care to give us what we want enough of the time

J-dawg
6 days ago7 min read
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The War on Men: How Digital Domains are Dispossessing Masculinity
You bought it, but can you fix it, modify it, repurpose it without permission? Probably not. Can you prevent it from spying on you, from being rendered obsolete by force or fiat? Less and less so. Ownership has slipped into a myth.
What we’re left with is access. And access can be revoked.

J-dawg
Jul 24 min read
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Gaming Journalism Is Dead
What do you think gamers? Are we dead? Is the games industry dead like they say? Or is it gaming journalism that's dead?

J-dawg
May 144 min read
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Antagonism by developers and the gaming press ruins all our good time
We have witnessed the demonization and vilification of the gaming public by members of the press and gaming industry. We reject this.

J-dawg
Mar 2222 min read
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Our statement on abusers in the gaming space
This is unsettling but necessary subject to address. Not just a nuisance in gaming spaces—an abusive menace to any community he infiltrates. We've got to reject bad actors seeking to damage the gaming community.

J-dawg
Feb 2412 min read
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Our statement on grifters in the gaming space
Essay and Statement By J-dawg T hroughout the course of Gamergate 1 and into Gamergate 2, it becomes clear there are those who have...

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Feb 2210 min read
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Skyrim the reigning champ? An AI-powered roundtable discussion
We dive into whether Skyrim has been dethroned. Seems like it's still the platinum standard in many respects. AI interlocuter discussion.

J-dawg
Feb 196 min read
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Steam Users Should Be Allowed to Ignore More Curators and Developers
By: Mellow Online | Store Sentinels [Steam] Guest Contributor The Steam Curator system has been around for a good long while. Having...

Mellow | Store Sentinels
Sep 27, 20246 min read
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Short-circuiting innovation and the fatcats that perpetrate it - Part II
Fundamentally innovation requires dedication to something greater than capital.

J-dawg
May 23, 20204 min read
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Short-circuiting innovation and the fatcats that perpetrate it
By J-dawg First we begin with some Fun Facts- #1 Copyright and Patent laws in the United States were designed around the idea and for the...

J-dawg
May 23, 20206 min read
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The ethical faux pas of Beta Tesing via End Users
Let's establish some basics. What is Beta Testing? It is a process through which a nearing-completion basic structure of a computer...

J-dawg
May 19, 20203 min read
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Games as a Service
How fun's the fee? Gaming as a Service (GaaS ) - A concept introduced by hit gaming phenomenon's like World of Warcraft . The idea is...

J-dawg
Jan 28, 20202 min read
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