Shahryar Rizvi

Tag: game

  • A journalist looks at Gamergate's dossier

    After my last post about Gamergate and their misuse of the word libel. A user on Twitter replied with a link to an article titled “A Review Of Game Journalism” I received the link again by the same user when I tweeted the hashtag #Gamergate a second time. It claims to be a white paper […]

  • What is Gamergate talking about when they say libel?

    As of late, I’ve participated in a Reddit debate group concerning the video game-based hashtag movement #Gamergate. It can be frustrating at times, with ideologues derailing conversations, trading insults and arguing in bad faith. But in a few discussions, I and users I disagree with were able to meet halfway and come to an amicable […]

  • Respect my authority. I played as cop in the summer of police killings.

    This  summer, I started playing the game Arma 3, the military combat simulator for PC. One of the most popular game modes in Arma 3 is the Cops and Robbers mode called Altis Life. My experience seems more relevant now given the global attention around Michael Brown, who was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri […]

  • John Oliver skit on a peace negotiation game World of Peacecraft

    The first season of John Oliver’ s new HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is becoming a game-changing news entertainment show. John Oliver is certainly less smug, creepy and bigoted than Bill Maher, the host of a similar news entertainment show also on HBO. John Oliver’s show is also employing social media to […]

  • Facebook plans to aquire Oculus VR. The gibs will be monetized.

    Yesterday, Facebook announced its plan to acquire start up Virtual-Reality hardware developer Oculus VR for $2 billion. Last year, I wrote a short post for Dallas Observer’s Mixmaster about id software John Carmack joining Oculus VR in producing its flagship product, the Rift. I was fascinated by the dream of an immerse virtual reality environment […]

  • new miniblog: Game Jerno

    I started a new miniblog on tumbr called Game Jerno. I created this blog to bring my unique advocacy perspective to gaming a little at a time.

  • Nick Mamatas – Let us put an end to Geek Pride

    A subculture is not a counterculture. A consumer culture is not a subculture. We are not all in this together. Your social Laws (Godwin’s, etc.) are as insipid as any aphorism your grandmother might have cross-stitched and put on display two generations ago. What you think is cool is not cool. What you decide is […]

  • GRITtv: The Politics of Video Games: Reality and Overreaction

    [blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/gdElgoPpRQI] Independent news media outlet GritTV has an intelligent discussion about war-based games withgaming bloggers. I've followed GritTV in and out for a few years. The volume of videos they upload prevents me from following them daily, or even weekly. However, this outlets shows us that you can get quality news media out of […]

  • E3 2010 — Civilization V E3 Trailer

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-KViLbOrU&w=560&h=340] I was excitied that Civilization V decidied to appear at this year’s E3 conference. The Civilization series consists of turn-based strategy games. You play the role of a leader of a civilization alongside other civilizations beginning in the year 3000 BCE. Your main goal is to grow economically and progress technologically. Seeing your domain […]

  • E3 2010 – Day 2 review.

    All in all, this years conference highlights that E3 is a marketing spectacle more than a reflection on gaming that the Games Developer Conference offers. It is an exciting occasion nonetheless. Most of the games featured in the conferences were either sequels, prequels, or reboots of existing properties. There is nothing wrong with this if these extensions […]