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Uplink Seemingly the entire PC simulation game genre has a tendency to give the player immediate head-first immersion. That immersion is in both senses of the word: complete theming of all audio/visual elements of the game, and complete detachment from guiding the player, forcing them to make mistakes and learn from them. Uplink, a 2001 game […] Worldwide Hyper Yawn No responses 5 min read October 1, 2018
Top 5 Ways You Can Tell If You Are Currently Living In A Society You’ve probably asked yourself this question before. “Am I living in a society?” If you’re the type of person who googles “QAnon Antifa Paul Simon Farewell Concert” and “What does SEO stand for?” you probably have always pondered the great questions in life, like “What is a society?”, “am I living in one?”, “Do they […] Coaches Corner One response 14 min read September 6, 2018
The Top 5 Things I Learned From Watching All Of The “Death Stranding” Trailers On Hard Drugs Hideo Kojima. Where do I even start? An absolute visionary in his field, and one of the most clear-cut examples of why anyone should even take the “video games are art” discourse remotely seriously. Kojima is best known for his work on the Metal Gear Solid series, and some other stuff too, I think. I […] Coaches Corner One response 17 min read December 11, 2017
The Current Climate of Cryptocurrency – Part 1 Welcome to crypto! Since June, the entire climate of cryptocurrency has been in a complete state of calamity. There’s no doubt you’ve heard about them from your nephew, co-worker, or religious leader. Bitcoin and Ethereum have been featured prominently in the news media, forcing everyone to share their ill-informed opinions of the space. With the […] robek 'rw' world One response 6 min read October 23, 2017
Spooktober: F.E.A.R. F.E.A.R. is a linear first person shooter in the vein of Half-Life. Released in 2005 by Monolith Productions, it’s a fairly fun game that holds up in the graphics and gameplay departments. The visuals and 3D audio (look into installing those drivers) make the game extremely atmospheric with little detriment to gameplay. There’s 2 expansion […] Worldwide Hyper Yawn No responses 12 min read October 22, 2017
The Life-Changing Magic of Getting Only What You Need You might have heard of a certain method popularized a few years back that purported to clean up and de-clutter your home once and for all. By chucking out everything that doesn’t “spark joy”, whatever remains in your home will surely be all that you need, right? Alas, I’ve seen friends picking up that book […] Yui Biwazima 3 responses 4 min read September 3, 2017
The Melancholy of Brilliant Shane I very specifically remember the moment I discovered Brilliant Shane. It was a fortuitous accident. According to my YouTube like history, this discovery happened in early 2016. In case you and I are unacquainted, I’m addicted to shitposting and had found myself in an INTERNET argument (as I often do). This argument was a classic — one where I […] robek 'rw' world No responses 21 min read July 7, 2017
The Tale of the Cracker Connoisseur Once upon a time there was a cracker connoisseur who was named William Henry York or something like that. He had eaten crackers all his life, and soon came to realize there was more to crackers than being simply a salty snack. Lately, he was in search of a more sophisticated cracker. He had always […] Worldwide Hyper Yawn 6 responses 5 min read May 17, 2017
What is GNU social and is Mastodon Social a “Twitter Clone”? What is Mastodon Social and what makes it so special? These are good questions, but in order to answer them - we'll have to provide a frame of reference. robek 'rw' world 23 responses 21 min read April 6, 2017
On Leaving: Austin & The Millennial Job Hunt There I was. After an obtuse 9 and a half hours, I had arrived in the city I’d eventually come to call home. Belongings had become too cumbersome. Countless video games lined all the walls of my previous loft apartment — a 1300 square foot piece of paradise. I’d spent the last 6 months living with my ex-girlfriend. robek 'rw' world 6 responses 6 min read March 8, 2017
Situation: Ace Combat 04 vs 5 〈〈 Robek 3, Engage. 〉〉 I recently wrote an article about my proposal for a new word about video game stories. If you haven’t read it, please do so now. Ace Combat 04 and 5, released by Namco in 2001 and 2004, were flight combat video games which leaned away from realism, and towards arcade-style physics […] Worldwide Hyper Yawn 7 responses 7 min read February 28, 2017
Digital Dreams are Made of Wires and Things Virtual Reality: The Year the Universe Ended — Part 2 “Tell us, Robek.” The static characters displayed drip with sardonic bemusement. I respond with a curt, Tell you…what? “You always say crazy shit.. what do you think about virtual reality? Just a gimmick or maybe something more?” A reply that proves my anxiety driven suspicion. Oh, I’ll tell you. […] robek 'rw' world No responses 26 min read February 21, 2017