Aleks & Arie

A criticism blog w. an emphasis on aesthetic, cultural, and political aspects of interactive art. (@Aleks_S & Arie Salih) - Twitter currently run by the former.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

Okay, so I (Aleks) was super late in posting this, but Episode 8 of our podcast is up.

http://t.co/k5MKtlubhS

Hear it, rate it, love it!

[Jonathan McIntosh @radicalbytes]

The social system of patriarchy robs men of our emotional expression & damages our ability to have relationships with women & other men.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

@PennyRed If we can continue to design better computers, we are more than capable of designing better modes of living, comfortably at that.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

@PennyRed our species is way more capable and ingenuous than that. It's just a system, an imperfect one at that.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

@PennyRed I've noted a pervasive assumption that capitalism is necessary to progress, comfort, technology. I happen to disagree.

[Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 @HoppingFun]

The 2015 @ifcomp #interactive #Fiction entries not to be missed, says @leighalexander http://t.co/A6fyCBFimJ #elit

[Ian Miles @ianmiles]

.@adobe takes a stand against bullying by aligning itself with GamerGate, that’s been harassing women in the games industry for months.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

@the_moviebob @MAURICELAMARCHE That boogeyman episode literally messed me up as a child...

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

#StopGamerGate2014 How to Tweet Like a Human Being: A Proposal. This should be common sense, but...you know.

http://t.co/hCCDeJm6XF

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

It is a proposed set of ethical guidelines for tweeting at someone or having discussions in their mentions without their consent.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

I was planning to edit, and possibly post, my Shadowrun piece, but then things happened...and I wrote something else instead...

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

Will see how I feel about it when I wake up...then edit it. Hopefully will post soon.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

See, I finished a draft of a piece on Shadowrun Returns...a review, of sorts, with some musings on characterization at the end.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

Alright. I'm going to finish one of these in progress pieces soon, I promise.

[Fuck NO Video Games @EffNOVideoGames]

.@a_man_in_black points out that vocal GamerGate supporters have been harassing women for YEARS: https://t.co/rOw3ez3qno #StopGamerGate2014

[Cyan Worlds @cyanworlds]

Obduction Backer Update: Part 2 https://t.co/3R6SqArmHt

[Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann]

Hi. My name’s Jeff and me and my friends have some feelings about recent events. http://t.co/G8xFc01xiZ

[Feminist Frequency @femfreq]

USU acted irresponsibly. They did not even inform me of the threat. I learned about it via news stories on Twitter after I landed in Utah.

[Dominic Tarason @DominicTarason]

#StopGamerGate2014 because the hashtag was created solely to protect one guys harassment of his ex. NotYourShield then defends THAT hashtag.

[Aleks & Arie @HeyCloudMonster]

#StopGamerGate2014 It is antithetical to informed scholarship and criticism in interactive art. It promotes abuse. We are tired of it.