“The only thing they have to look forward to is hope. And you have to give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all will be all right.” – Harvey Milk There’s […]
Little Triggers: How Working For TrackingPoint Almost Killed Me
Disclaimer: Due to legal reasons I cannot disclose who I am. I am under a NDA for a few more months but given that my former employer is in the news I feel it is pertinent to strike while the iron is hot. You can read about TrackingPoint and what it was here. We all contradict […]
Game Over, Man: #Gamergate, 4Chan, and the Power of Trolls
So this has been a surreal weekend in my corner of the world. If you have any contact with the part of reality that a video game writer lives in (on Twitter, mostly, let’s be honest), you’ve heard of “#Gamergate,” the movement debate conflagration that has exploded over the past couple of weeks and paralyzed […]
Editorial: Why Netflix’s Gotham Deal Could Be a Sign That Netflix Will Save the Networks
In a deal that made so much sense that even Fox couldn’t fuck it up, Netflix has already acquired the rights to stream the new show Gotham before the first episode has even aired. Hell; the pilot hasn’t even leaked yet, at least not to my knowledge. Deadline alleges that the cost for grabbing the early […]