How I went from teaching to games media (a thread until I write it for @GameInd_Guides)
I had already been writing, podcasting, & doing YouTube for about 2-3 years but I didn’t have anything set up tbh. I didn’t even have money saved. I just realized my plan wasn’t working.
I wanted to grow my games career big enough to comfortably switch over but during my first year of FT teaching I realized I had no time to do the work I needed to do to grow my games career. I was also exhausted and frustrated.
Teaching is too important and hard to cut corners on so I had so little left to give to games media which sucked because I did realize games media was my north star. Not teaching. So I was like well wtf am I doing here? This plan isn’t working for me and I am unhappy.
"Race, gender, etc shouldn't matter. It should be about the best person for the job." No. And let me explain why (a thread).
1. bias (both conscious and unconscious) is a thing. If the best person is always (for example) a white man, that says more about your hiring process than the people in the field. For more: theguardian.com/women-in-leade…
2. There's no such thing as the best person for the job tbh. This is why hiring processes can involve multiple steps, multiple people in the room, resumes, samples, tests, etc. There's no way to ever know if you have "the best person."
Now that the embargo is up I can now say #Borderlands3 has the worst jokes & writing of any video game I've ever played. The guns may feel good but mowing down enemy after enemy for repetitive missions & brutally uninspired side quests for 30+ hours absolutely sucks. (Thread)
I can't comment on how it compares to the others in the franchise but the humor is about what it's always been (according to my colleagues). I guess that means it has always been bad. I think fans will feel right at home OR like they've outgrown literal toilet humor.
This game feels like it was written my immature middle schoolers who think erections & poop are the funniest things in the world. I'm positive that Borderlands 3 thinks drawing a penis in the bathroom stall is the pinnacle of comedy.