tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post6517513580646486297..comments2024-03-09T03:49:50.699-05:00Comments on Your Critic is in Another Castle: The Gamer behind the EgoK. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06554183349391372039noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-51091328750366487542011-04-18T21:01:15.744-04:002011-04-18T21:01:15.744-04:00Well, it is true that there are no connections wha...Well, it is true that there are no connections whatsoever visible online between my pseudonymous self and the blogging, Tweeting, Disqus-using self.<br /><br />But the blogging self is the one that hopes someday to get paid for some pieces of writing, so the name has to go with. ;) I still have that Bruce Wayne identity out there, so to speak, but it's become a much, much smaller piece of my persona.K. Coxhttp://www.your-critic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-73470690676812809392011-04-06T11:39:18.048-04:002011-04-06T11:39:18.048-04:00Actually, modern gaming doesn't necessarily ne...Actually, modern gaming doesn't necessarily need the hand / eye coordination -- it really depends on the genre you're in. There's some stuff <a href="http://www.your-critic.com/2010/11/girls-dont-suck-at-consoles-i-suck-at.html" rel="nofollow">I just really can't do with a controller</a>, but not all games call for that. The ones that do try my patience, hehe.<br /><br />The trash-talking does turn me off, though -- and it's definitely part of why I've never gone the competitive multiplayer route. I just don't have the patience for that bullshit. If we're competing in skill or in luck, fine. If you're going to be an asshole about it, I'm out. And since a huge percentage are always determined to be assholes about it, I just never go in...K_Commenterhttp://www.your-critic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-54866956730160131902011-04-06T11:25:30.966-04:002011-04-06T11:25:30.966-04:00I know! On one hand, no one owes me their attenti...I know! On one hand, no one owes me their attention, so I am always flattered when someone shows an interest in me online. Then again, I hate that people profile others on the internet, because we have done so much reasearch in that area and the bias is undisputable. I'm not a video gamer but gaming is universal, it requires hand/eye coordination not y- chromosomes. I also hate all that trash talking that goes on, I think that more than competition would turn me off.BJonthegridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-36179431128360703992011-04-06T11:20:45.881-04:002011-04-06T11:20:45.881-04:00Honestly, the only reason I did it was because of ...Honestly, the only reason I did it was because of this blog. I wanted to be able to use it as a future portfolio in time, either for academic or employment reasons, and for that to happen it needed to be under my real name -- and <b>not</b> associated with the alias I used for everything, anonymously, from 1995 - now (still, on some sites)...<br /><br />Eventually I'll probably change the Disqus name too, as I moderate this blog under it, but for now I'm lazy and a known quantity. ;)K_Commenterhttp://www.your-critic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886868484666652260.post-90073137934119358012011-04-06T11:17:08.348-04:002011-04-06T11:17:08.348-04:00At least you use your initials ... I hide behind m...At least you use your initials ... I hide behind my dog's name and my other dog's face! :) I don't know if I'll ever be brave enough to be fully "out" as a youngish woman on the big bad internet...taylor16noreply@blogger.com