What is Ramadan?
As Ramadan is around the corner, I receive a lot of questions about the Muslim month of fasting on Twitter, Facebook and even in my mailbox, so I decided to re-publish this article with answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. Note that there are cultural differences between
Far Cry 5 - Objective Review
After spending several days of work on painstakingly and objectively rating each of the 2674 objective specifications of Far Cry 5, I have finally reached a final and objective verdict for the game. Far Cry 5, objectively, gets a 7/10. For those who prefer the objectivity of a spreadsheet,
Game Developers Conference 2018 - Thankfulness
I vividly remember the first time I took my first uncertain steps into Yerba Buena park almost a decade ago, looking for direction and guidance in the early steps of my industry career. I equally vividly remember arriving at San Francisco International Airport, dazed and confused from the long flight,
The "microtransaction" of buying a console
Can someone please tell people that use Mario, Zelda, or Uncharted as an example of "games not needing microtransactions" that the microtransactions in those games are called a "$400 console investment plus the margins on each game for the platform you buy for perpituity". — Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) December 4,
Wedding Special Thanks
We’re writing a long-form analysis of producing our wedding, because that’s how we deal with big things in the past as game developers & those two days on Malta were absolutely perfect and we don’t want to forget even the tiniest detail if we can. Writing that analysis
DMCA'd
There’s a few things that keep getting lost in the discussion around PewDiePie and Campo Santo’s DMCA. I just wanted to list them, instead of repeating myself over and over on Twitter. * The slippery slope argument depends on content creators’ rights being on that slope. They’re not.
Introducing: The Playground
Years ago, I was involved in the early days of the Indie MEGABOOTH. I am extremely proud to see what it has grown into since I left the initiative to work on other projects, but some of the early ideals of the initiative stuck with me ever since. The idea
The Tearoom
I got a bit morally stuck wanting to tweet about an article, so instead I decided to write a short blogpost about it. Robert Yang’s work tends to include powerful commentary on and about sexuality and gay life, and touches upon topics that in many cultures and countries might
The uncomfortable lack of security at E3
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, like every year, is a beacon, a celebration for games as an industry. The events’ three days in the Staples Center conference building in Los Angeles are technically the heart of the event, and attracted over 70,000 professionals in 2016. Since the introduction of livestreaming,
The perfect apology
I read this apology for an Islamophobic post from a British game company owner on Kotaku today. I got angry. I wrote an inline response. The bold parts are the apology’s original text. My responses are the rest of it. Yes, this lay-out is half-copied from the amazing nodontdie.
