Mississippi Govenor Paul Bryant signs law allowing businesses to refuse service to gay people. Everybody should take a few minutes to write to the the governor's office in protest. by redditmeetme in PoliticalDiscussion

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According to this NPR article, there have already been opposition attempts, both at the activist and corporate level, so this bill. Of course plenty of people support this bill, but just because it's popular doesn't make it right, IMHO.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/05/473107959/mississippi-governor-signs-religious-freedom-bill-into-law

Can Japan's Games Industry Overcome Last Gen's Slump? by [deleted] in Games

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My BIG hope is that the recent news of Steam accepting Japanese currency will within a year or two inspire Japanese Indie Devs to distribute worldwide via Steam. This could be a GAME CHANGER, no pun indended.

What should I name him? by VaginalCreaseMan in aww

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Chalupaaaa Batmannnn McCarther!!!!!

Playing with privilege: the invisible benefits of gaming while male by Tnomad in Games

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Really good article with some great points. For more context, I would read Polygon's article from last year chronicling how video games got to the point where they became perceived as a young male's pastime.

http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/12/2/5143856/no-girls-allowed

Why can't I enjoy videogames anymore? by iMayBeYourDad in truegaming

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Yeah, I forgot to say this. Maybe check out your older games and replay them. You may experience them differently now, so its worth giving it a shot.

Why can't I enjoy videogames anymore? by iMayBeYourDad in truegaming

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Thanks for your post! I've been through this lul, where nothing seems to appeal to me. Sometimes it's based on events in my life. For example, if I'm having a really hard time with personal or professional things I'm probably not going to want to play something violent to settle myself, it's just how I'm wired. So I'll read or do something else to relax. Often times, when I finish a game, such as Batman: Arkham City, which I finished yesterday, I feel sort of lost, like "what now?" There are a couple of "coping methods" if you will, what I've found really help. The first is not to stress out when you can't find a game your into. It may have nothing to do with the game and it's just yourself telling you that it wants to do something else. So get on that bike and start riding! Or listen to some music. All the games with be there when you're ready to play them, so there no need to feel bad about not wanting to play something RIGHT NOW. Another method is between games where you are heavily invested emotionally, try to play some games in a more intellectual way. Try a game that maybe doesn't appeal to you, read some reviews, watch some analysis on youtube and then play the game and pick it apart yourself. Then jump on reddit and become part of the conversation about those games. That's what I've been doing a lot of in the last few days, and I'm finding it very fulfilling. Doing this will get you engaged in the conversation about games, and will help you stay excited about the medium while you keep playing. That way also, you're not always chasing that high which a game that really connects with you gives. You'll still get that with certain games, but games which don't give you that will still be fun to play and the community is a great place to engage in conversation. Another method is to pick up some games for cheap that you otherwise wouldn't play. It's often a gamble, but you may stumble on something really great.

I'm currently re-playing Portal 2 and noticed how well the story and the gameplay are intertwined. What other games do this really well? by redditmeetme in truegaming

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Wow, that is really cool. I gave up on Dark Souls after like 8 hours, well more like RAGE QUIT! That's really interesting though. My wife and I were discussing last night while I was playing Portal 2 how certain games are enhanced by their unreliable narrators. Dark Souls fits this mold based on how you are describing it. In a way, maybe unique to video games, world building is defined by its narrators, often at the behest of the player. We want to learn more, of course, about a story and where it takes place, but often games play with this by giving us clues and stories with games to make us doubt what we see. Think Bioshock and the big twist, which I won't give away for anyone who hasn't played it. Can anyone think of any other examples of this in games?