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Category: Essays

Handling touchy topics in video games with care

Posted on June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 By Brody No Comments on Handling touchy topics in video games with care
Handling touchy topics in video games with care

Jumper the gator, star attraction at Chief Roadside’s Wonderland in Knee Deep, eats diaper chicken: a frozen chicken swaddled in a disposable diaper. Remy Dixon explains to blogger Romana Teague that Jumper eats diaper chicken because it reminds the gator of a chubby infant. YouTuber Foehamner was playing through the finale of Knee Deep’s first…

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Essays, Game Design, Knee Deep, Non-Fiction, Tales from Cypress Knee

Tired of people using RP as a political weapon

Posted on April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 By Brody No Comments on Tired of people using RP as a political weapon

When a political candidate’s favorite pastime is hunting down and killing animals with a rifle, no one bats an eye. If a candidate participated in a fraternity in college, unless something criminal happened, we really don’t care. Or maybe the candidate likes to re-enact famous battles of the U.S. Civil War? No big deal. But…

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Essays, MUSHes, Non-Fiction, Online Storytelling

Men Without Hats, Men With Vision

Posted on November 3, 2013 By Brody No Comments on Men Without Hats, Men With Vision

Here’s a goofy essay that I wrote on the web back in 2003. Saving it here for posterity:

In 1983, the United States was under the grip of a brutal dictator with a penchant for jellybeans and happy-go-lucky quips about nuclear annihilation in close proximity to live microphones. Betamax videocassette recorders were the rage. And an upstart network called MTV dared to make a go of showing music videos around-the-clock.

Yes, indeed, the fertile media in that cultural petri dish proved perfect for the adulation due a band known as Men Without Hats and their classic musical missive, The Safety Dance.

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