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How To Hype: ‘Overwatch’-ing The Videogame Market
Read more: How To Hype: ‘Overwatch’-ing The Videogame MarketAbout a year and a half ago, Blizzard (known for games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and the Diablo series) released one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, ‘Overwatch’. For those of you unfamiliar with the game, ‘Overwatch’ at its core is a team-based shooter where players pick from one…
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Writer’s Block #34
Read more: Writer’s Block #34The first Writer’s Block of 2017 is here! We proudly present to you the finished result of the hard work of a plethora of wonderful submitters, gladly organized by both the previous and the current boards: Issue #34! Click on the cover below, and take a look inside! We’re always looking for new submissions for our…
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Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 2: Inspired by Spirit
Read more: Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 2: Inspired by Spirit“[S]topping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.” — Stephen King 0.…
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Homo Ludens: Exploring The Popularity of Let’s Plays
Read more: Homo Ludens: Exploring The Popularity of Let’s PlaysI guess you can say that this article came into existence by accident. A few weeks ago, one of the Writer’s Block board members texted me asking, “Are you watching playthrough videos again on YouTube, Roos?” I was shocked by this I know what you did last summer-level of clairvoyance and immediately paused the video…
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Review: Ghost Stories (2000)
Read more: Review: Ghost Stories (2000)Look, I wasn’t planning on doing monthly anime reviews. Truth be told, I kind of hate anime overall. Whether it be shōnen, shōjo, or whatever—I will never be able to get over the standard tropes like “magical girl” transformation sequences, “harems”, or the closely related (not to mention, hypersexualized) fanservice that gushes from every…




