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The Life of a “Content Creator”
I actually really dislike the phrase, “content creator.” It sounds like a bleached version of things creative people produce, made more easily digestible for the masses. But! That is the world and future we now live in, where everything is watered down in content, and also in language. Would you call me a successful content…
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Embracer Group: Embrace, Destroy, Repeat
I’m sure most people didn’t really know who Embracer Group was until they acquired Tomb Raider from Square Enix in 2022. And, although they have a long history, in the past three to four years, they only seem to be acquiring studios, and also killing studios. Before Embracer, there was Nordic Games Licensing, and THQ…
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You’re Too Old to Game, and Other Things Killjoys Want You to Believe
For as long as I can remember, probably at least since I turned 23, there’s always been this march of people younger and older who have framed themselves as the deciders of what is or isn’t cool for you to do or participate in depending on your age. Some things I can understand, you know,…
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Pools
You wake up just like before. Maybe you passed out, maybe you fell through reality, or no-clipped as they like to say. But this time it isn’t yellow wallpaper and damp carpet. It’s white tiling, and rooms with oddly shaped pools, steel railings, and slide tubes. Welcome to POOLS, an extension of The Backrooms, or…