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    Someone give Ruairi Robinson all of the money now

    Hmm... except you're thinking of Empire, aren't you? :P sorry, couldn't resist. Mind = blown.
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    Someone give Ruairi Robinson all of the money now

    It means it's an idea he has for a feature film, and he doesn't have the money to make all of it. So he makes this short film in the hopes that it impresses some film studios. "The Leviathan" is presumably the name of the film. And yes, it does look like Moby Dick in space.
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    Someone give Ruairi Robinson all of the money now

    Really fantastic sci-fi movie proof of concept: https://vimeo.com/122368314 This needs to be made into a feature. Now. I realize no one here can give him the money (there's no fundraiser as of now), but movie studios read these forums, right?
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    Poll: Enough is enough!

    Wait, is there another Clinton sex scandal I'm unaware of? Or did you mean to call it Gamer-Lewinski?
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    Poll: How many of Anita Sarkeesian's videos have you actually watched? (be honest!)

    Thank you all for your responses, I very much appreciate it. The number of people who've watched entire episodes of hers is higher than I expected (though maybe that's just the old Escapist crowd pulling through). If I could quickly indulge in a small side-story: my girlfriend and I recently...
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    Poll: How many of Anita Sarkeesian's videos have you actually watched? (be honest!)

    True, it's always the angry people who speak the loudest. But the thing is, everyone seems to have an opinion about Anita these days. Even you do, and you don't really care that much about all this to begin with. So I honestly have no idea which direction this poll is going to go in.
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    Poll: How many of Anita Sarkeesian's videos have you actually watched? (be honest!)

    All right, let's get one thing straight: this isn't some sort of trap. There is no prize for claiming to have watched all of her videos and still hated them, there is no shame in admitting you've only seen a few out-of-context clips. I don't have any axe to grind, I'm not posting this to make...
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    Essay: Ludonarrative Dissonance Explained and Expanded

    Well, the all-nighter is over, but since it's still too early for me to go to bed, I'll just rant some more. I definitely see your point, Jezixo. It's true that, as I pointed out, both the gameplay and the narrative aspects of "The Killer" (that's the game i linked to) are minimalist at best...
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    Essay: Ludonarrative Dissonance Explained and Expanded

    Pretty fantastic essay! I wish I had more time to answer you, but yes, this does sum up quite nicely what makes for an engaging game and what doesn't. http://www.gametrekking.com/the-games/cambodia/the-killer/play-now ^ This is a nice, short (5min) example of the interplay between ludo and...