In the most recent Coming Out of the Basement Podcast, we discuss sexism in geek culture, with a bit of a closer look at comics (along with the Mass Effect 3 ending). For the first subject, I had enough sources and examples that I thought it made sense to do a post on the topic. […]
Carlos and BJ discuss various forms of sexism in geek culture including comics, video games, and professional competitive gaming. Finally they discuss the ending of Mass Effect 3 and all the drama surrounding this fan reaction. [Edit from CJ: And a friend mentioned we might want to mention a trigger warning, which is a good […]
Like I mentioned in our just-released Episode 2, I’m not nearly as good as self-promotion or promotion as BJ is. :P A book I worked on actually came out the day we did our first podcast, but I felt a bit odd about bringing it up (so didn’t): Open Design’s Midgard Bestiary for Pathfinder, with […]
Cripes, it’s Christmas already. What’s going on? Well, here’s gift suggestions- maybe for your geek friends, maybe for you. Of course, I expect lots of folks around these parts are playing Skyrim or Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’m certainly doing the latter at the moment. The only problem looking at those as gifts is […]
My wife and I were married on Halloween 8 years ago, and yes, we had a costume wedding. Every year since then we’ve had a themed low-key Halloween party where we often play games and provide chicfila and other food and drinkstuffs. She’s really great at both costumes and decorating, while I’m mostly along for […]
As mentioned here, my laptop has been angry with me for going on 4 months or so. This cause me to retreat away from my usual comfort space of Team Fortress 2 and MMOs, and try to find ways to amuse myself. I went two totally different directions – Facebook games, and diving back in […]
So, a follow up to this post. It’s been 7 months. The kids haved changed their behaviors around, gotten older, etc. So where are they?
I know, I know. I post a burst, talk about how I’m gonna do more, and disappear. Then return to hijack. I do actually have a post coming up on the strange trip I’ve been on for the past 3-4 months. See, my laptop (an ASUS G50vt from Best Buy) went wacky on me. Of a […]
We’ve been pretty poor at updating the Basement, and for that I apologize. I’ll try to do some more posts, particularly since I’ve recently found myself scrutinizing the RPG industry quite a bit, recently. I’m in three games at the moment, and even at 1/mo each, it’s a lot to balance with work and school […]
Been meaning to respond to Enrique’s comments on what appeals to us in games for awhile. Finally found a moment to breathe and decided to post this up rather than, you know, breathing. It’s a breakdown of what I see as the four core tasks that constitute most gaming experiences. I’ll leave a link to the […]