2022-06-14 Assorted

You'd think people would be on vacation by now, but if anything activity is picking up again.

To get an ugly story out of the way: “Abusing you was by the book” (documenting two years of abuse from Game Journalism, after sharing my #metoo… the whole painful story all in one place). Just in case anyone thought that stuff was over by now. It's never over.

But there's also game design, a couple of things this time even:

• Second Life’s Mistakes Should Inform Today’s Metaverse
  • In any event it prompted me to create a page about virtual worlds.
• Game Design in the Imperial Mode
  • This, too, inspired a new page, about decolonizing games.

And in the way of assorted news:

• Optimists at Heart: Why Do We Research Game AI? (Extended Version): a scientific paper
• How I Got Into Computers - Thomson MO5, My First Love: a relatable nostalgia piece;
• and last but not least, IFTF 2021 Transparency report now available.

Which made me go on for way too long again, so enjoy, and see you in July!