Writing
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Unbearable Centrism of Bioshock Infinite
As much as I like Elizabeth and the general story of Bioshock: Infinite, I also think that it is a cowardly political game that tries to be about Big Things and Mature Themes. However, in place of maturity, it decides to fall on its face and show its whole ass when things come to a…
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Boczkowski and his grudging respect for us trans folk
I love history – and one of my favorite parts thereof is reading up on how we got to this place – including how people like me were perceived in the past. The most rewarding finds usually come not through the Internet, but finding old books, especially medical handbooks. This particular one is a 1987…
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Fallout: Tanks, but no tanks
Because they have no reason to! I’m basing my answer on an earlier reply that concerned whether the NCR would restore tanks of not. Since the Republic is a paragon of economic and industrial development for the wasteland, it’s a useful point of reference for the Brotherhood and the Enclave. History Historically, tanks developed in…
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How to edit a 500’d page on Mediawiki
Putting this up on my site because I’d like not to have to research this again. Ad rem: If a page is throwing a 500 error, but other pages on the wiki are otherwise available, chances are something in the code is causing the MediaWiki to misbehave. So, API time: At least, that’s how it…
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The Daughter of Malkav
Replaying the venerable Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines: Extremely Long Game Titles RPG made me wonder about which clan would I actually be? Vampire clans don’t map neatly to conventional divisions of our societies (thankfully), so it’s a question of philosophies. I rejected most of the clans out of hand. I’m definitely not an upper class…