Recent content by Spolodaface

Holy porcelain, source? I hope to god you're not lying :P EDIT: Nevermind - just spotted on Kotaku. I've been playing Stranglehold this week and it's really not the same. Needs more Film Noir... and in steps MP3

On a related note... http://bitsofjoy.net/?p=139

http://bitsofjoy.net/?p=139 Quite interesting thing about how men and women are portrayed in games. It's kinda long, so here's a couple of snippets: "The relatively new medium of video-games has only been around for around 35 years and has had many great iconic characters. These have...

Awesome. I've met my quota now! Mods can lock this topic as there's no use now i've got all the results I need. Thanks guys, you've been a great help. I'll let you know once i've published my essay and the survey results. That's a survey of 100 people :P

I need just 6 more people to answer the survey!

I'm considering changnig my question to "How is Race and Gender represented in video games? A study of the role, function and implementation of diversity in video games." in light of this comment.

87 entries so far! Great work. Though I did post on Gametrailers and Hitmanforum so that contributed. I'm aiming for 100 so any more would be great.

I'm studying Media Studies at A-level (useless subject, I know) and I got the chance to do an essay on a subject of my own choosing. There were some pre-written questions which is what most people took, but the only rules really for your question is that it needs to examine representation...

Yeah, I was running out of ideas for heroines by the time I got to number 7. Unfortunately the people I am hosting the survey with don't allow me to change textual or pictoral mistakes after launching the survey. Thanks for taking the survey. Oh, and Strafe McGee, I'd be happy to take your...

I'm working on a college (@Americans: From UK so not University) essay entitled "How are Heroes and Heroines represented in video games? A study of the role and function of the hero in contemporary video games.". As part of my research, I am carrying out a survey on the subject - and who better...

Thanks, I'll Just Do A Quick Edit... Ninja Style.

"Wario Land: The Shake Dimension is the latest entry in the ever popular Wario Land series. It began on the original Game Boy as a fun 2d game with an original twist on the traditional platformer, requiring the player to manipulate Wario's physical form in order to pass puzzles. It's great...

3 years after the release of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and it looks as if we're finally going to get a decent mod which promises more than realistic water or a colour map. This mod, is from German developer SureAI who have managed to fit, into their free time, the development of an awesome...

This was originally written for another site (gameonyou.co.uk), but i'd like to see your opinions on the discussion... It?s interesting how the games industry is going in two very different directions at imagethe moment. On the one hand you have Indie games, which often defy the boundaries of...

Call of Duty comes out in November and Left 4 Dead comes out on the 21st on November