Author Archives: Lana Polansky

Against Diluting Censorship

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Lana Polansky

Lana Polansky “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” -Soren Kierkegaard The past few weeks have been dogged by some rather unsavoury aspects of videogame subculture regarding rape culture and … Continue reading →

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On Unification: Tying the Room Together

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Lana Polansky

by Lana Polansky Not long ago, Matthew S. Burns posted a very succinct, very apt response on his blog, Magical Wasteland, to Taylor Clarke’s now-infamous Kotaku piece, “Most Popular Video Games are Dumb. Can We Stop Apologizing For Them Now.” … Continue reading →

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In Defence of Criticism: The Close Reading

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Lana Polansky

By Lana Polansky In what has become the standard model of “games criticism,” a game’s value is broken into a rubric, where each of its component parts examined and measured. Graphics, sound, gameplay, story—each one isolated and evaluated according to … Continue reading →

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