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My Trip to P.A.X. Prime 2012, by Bobby

Posted on September 4, 2012 by cool bobbny's vidoes inc.

Welcome back! We hope your Labour Day weekend was relaxing. We spent it at PAX 2012, where we developed some exciting new projects, which you’ll hear about soon. In the meantime, noted Internet Documentarian Bobby ‘Poppington’ has put together a … Continue reading →

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Pandora’s Lunchbox: Deregulating Decency With Dorks’ Dollars

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Adam Maresca

Editor’s Note: The Following Article contains images that, while not genuinely pornographic, would not be a great thing for your boss to see over your shoulder. Please read responsibly. by Adam Maresca Thanks to the likes of open-source funding services like Kickstarter, the “marketplace of ideas” has never been more literal, or more troubling. Though their record is far from perfect, the service recently has come under fire again. This time the cause is the cancellation of the card game Tentacle Bento for, presumably, flagrantly violating the company’s obscenity guidelines. The fact the game tripled its initial goal and ran on the site for quite some time is not the major source of the outcry, though. It’s that the game was pulled from Kickstarter at all. That Which Must Be Preserved At All Costs. Insert Credit’s initial coverage by Brandon Sheffield is one of the main sources of the complaints that got the Continue reading →

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Postcards from PAX East

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Adam Harshberger

I spent the day at PAX East yesterday, with a badge around my neck that says, ‘MEDIA.’

It’s something I’ve wanted to do for as long as I can remember. Not go to PAX, necessarily, but attend some kind of big gaming convention, especially as a member of the press. I couldn’t tell when my games journalism aspirations blossomed, not exactly, but in third grade, I used to wait with a fearsome anxiety for the month’s GamePro to come. I have eerily clear memories of articles I read about games, back then. The Final Fantasy 7 preview feature in the Official Playstation Magazine is forever seared into my head. Continue reading →

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