That's "queer" as in "strange" (as in how Richard Dawkins uses it), not as in "gay". But it's often downright double-dumbassed how many times I see "gay" used as an insult when people are arguing over video game design.
by READYGAMEFIRE!
The fact of the matter is, there's no need for that slop when we have I'll-appoint-you-experts like Sean Maelstrom who share their lengthy, poetic, and far-from-useless dissections. Case in point: Sean's critique of the newly-released Mega Man 9 and his followup. I haven't played it yet, but back on the Famicom (Japanese NES), I enjoyed Rockman 2 grossly, and come Canadaside, I proceeded to play most of the other direct sequels. My brother got into the X series which was too far removed for me, but this surprise re-emergence into the 8-bit classics has got a lot of buzz and 140,000+ sales in its first week.
None of this is relevant if you haven't experienced the games: it's as oblivious to an outsider as any greatly geeky discussion. Need you be curious, seek it out, even fire it up on an emulator at your own peril. But if references to the tricky order of the disappearing platforms in Heat Man's stage or the controller-chucking horrors of instadeath spike-balls get your jowls salivating, then you understand.
I understand, too, but not as well as Sean Maelstrom. Not only has he created his own Marvel-style list of ranking ALL the classic series' Robot Masters, through googleliciousness, I came across his main WordPress blog, and was quite impressed by his recollections, analysis, and pangs of unsubdued nostalgia.
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We're amidst a sea of eco-conscious, environmentally-friendly messages which urge us to "Go green!" Naturally, it's for the good of the planet, and by extension, the quality of our existence. These messages are important, and there's another type of "Go green!" communication which isn't as celebrated.
Rohit Bhargava nails it in "Comcast's Actual Social Media Policy No One Knew About", referring to Frank of @comcastcares fame and the harmful assumption that just because Comcast didn't proactively advocate from within to participate in social media, many managers erred on the side of caution, and hence, "assumed the policy was they could not participate". I wouldn't be surprised if, consistent with behavior I've seen elsewhere, that the more workers "fell in line" with caution, the more believed this was the "quiet but unspoken policy". That's the worst kind of "silence is consent"!
This is exactly why it's important to "Go green!" — and by that, I mean, create a "green space" of guidelines that makes clear what your organization believes its people could and should do. All too often, we see red warning signs where caution is wise, but when faced with a void that isn't better defined, people generalize that it means, "No entry". When it could easily be the green opposite.
by robonline
Green lights mean GO, and there shouldn't be confusion about that or which direction to head in, because more traffic "accidents" will result — both on the road and when it comes to companies exciting their customers through direct dialogue.
Tell us, show us more of what we can do. And go green!