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Apr 5, 2019 11 tweets 5 min read
@EvilSoully True randomness isn't what we start out thinking 'random' looks like. Probability is far more complex than we first think. Having guaranteed options gives you a safety net to allow you to take riskier options and then fall back on the sure things. @EvilSoully Nothing is guaranteed, and you can't control that, but you can push the odds in your favour as much as you can, that's what you can control. Similarly, bad things and loss will happen to you, but what you have control over is how you deal with and move past them.
Oct 18, 2018 45 tweets 10 min read
I discuss misogyny fairly often lately, and today I need to bring that discussion closer to home. 30 days after his second ban for misogynistic behaviour, @Trainwreckstv will be back broadcasting on Twitch. Now, Gamers with a capital G behaving terribly isn't surprising, and women are a popular target.
Jul 11, 2018 90 tweets 18 min read
So, because it seems a lot of people are having trouble with it, I'm going to talk about Jessica Price and ArenaNet. First, context. Jessica Price was on the narrative team at ArenaNet (Guild Wars 2). She tweeted a thread about the complexity of making an MMORPG character narratively.