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Quest Journal
CHARACTERÂ MaryAGEOld enough to buy beer XPÂ Pitiful RACEHuman (just)CLASS Still trying to figure that outAPPARELGlasses (Intelligence +5; Moshing -20)Boots (Endurance +20; IN SEVERE DISREPAIR)...
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Feminism, Objectification, Tomb Raider: E3, The Verdict
Yesterday, I posted a picture of Lara Croft as a Disney Princess. I made the picture because someone on Facebook posted a link to the Disney Princess Creation tool (how old am I, 12? Well, at least it...
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Stuff done since June 14th, 2012
Yep, one of these again.Books readI actually finished Middlemarch. It took me a year, not including a false start which saw me devour a mere 300 pages of it back in 2008. Completing it was a relief, I...
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How... Pinteresting
I've resisted Pinterest for a long time because as far as I could because I was thought it was just a place where girls just stuck pictures of pretty stuff. Turns out I was right, but it seems I'd...
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Bayonetta: feminist nightmare or just an angel-botherer in a catsuit?
When I started researching my latest Character Select for GodisaGeek, I had no idea how many people were annoyed by Bayonetta. It was actually hard work choosing which outraged and sketchily-reasoned...
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Frank Pritchard and the Dangers of Whimsy
Best. Band name. Ever.While you think about that, and try and deal emotionally with Well-Rendered's new look, here's some Frank Pritchard concept art.Now, I like Frank Pritchard because I like the...
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Character Select and Well-Rendered maintenance
I haven't really introduced Character Select properly, which is most neglectful. If it slipped under your radar (because I haven't really introduced it properly), it's a column, by me, in which I...
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You don't need my voice girl, you have your own.
I'm currently reading Possession, A. S. Byatt's 1990 Booker Prize-winning novel about an academic quest to uncover hidden details in the biographies of two fictional Victorian writers. The title has...
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Tomb Raider box art verdict and immersion-destroying hair.
I don't usually bother commenting on gaming news on Well-Rendered because as you might have noticed, I tend not to write about very recent releases. About once or twice a year, I'll buy something on...
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Katherine Marlowe and "The Waste Land"
Today marks the first time I have written about modernist poetry for GodisaGeek, and I feel it's long overdue. Katherine "Scary Poppins" Marlowe is the subject of this week's Character Select because...
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Final Fantasy VII Playthrough: Part 1 - The First Reactor
Part 2When I heard that Final Fantasy VII was being re-mastered and released on the PC earlier this year, I wondered if it would playing it through properly for the first time and documenting it in...
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National Novel Writing Month
Back in 2010, I took part in National Blog Posting Month, in which I posted one blog post a day for a month. Nearly. It was quite difficult to do every day, and I'm not sure what I gained out of it....
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Final Fantasy VII Playthrough: Part 2 - AVALANCHE and the Slums
Part 1 ~ Part 3Having blown up a Mako reactor, it's up to Cloud, Barret, Wedge, Biggs and Jessie to escape the explosion, and anyone who might be coming after them.Cloud is propelled out of the...
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Francis "York" Morgan and other things I don't understand
My latest Character Select is an examination of Deadly Premonition's Francis "York" Morgan through the prism of David Lynch. It's pretty spoiler-heavy, so if you haven't played the game and want to,...
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Final Fantasy VII Playthrough: Part 3 - Attacking the Second Reactor
Part 2 ~ Part 4First, a recap."Hell Bubbles"? Cloud (a mercenary), Barret (a terrorist) and Tifa (a woman), are on their way to blow up the Sector 5 Mako reactor. Mako is a powerful energy source...
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Postcards from Spira
It's not been the easiest of weeks over at Well-Rendered Towers. I've been dealing with it by thinking a lot about Final Fantasy. Not playing it, you understand, just reading things people have written...
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A year in games, books, gigs and other things: 2012
All around the internet, proper gaming sites are compiling their "Game of the Year" lists, thoughtful and informative summaries of the technological and artistic achievements that took place within the...
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Character Select: Wakka
My power supply arrived, my computer is working! Hurrah!I'm not going to go through the backlog of Final Fantasy VII screenshots tonight, so to tide you over, here's my latest "Character Select"...
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Final Fantasy VII Playthrough: Part 4 - Flight from the Church
Part 3 ~ Part 5It's been several weeks, a failed power supply, many pints of brandy and all the Bond films since we last saw Cloud and Aeris.If you've only just tuned into Well-Rendered, welcome! This...
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Best. Comeback. Ever.
Now, I dislike the music of James Blunt as much as the next person with ears, but his reply to a Tweet yesterday was so brilliant that I feel the need to share it with you.Touché. Sort of.
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