{"id":6127,"date":"2011-06-17T13:52:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T12:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2011-06-17T13:52:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T12:52:27","slug":"spraying-links-about-the-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/06\/17\/spraying-links-about-the-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Spraying
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<p>Another Friday, another quick linkpost. <\/p>\n</p>
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    <a href=\"http:\/\/davesaysthings.com\/2011\/06\/duke-nukem-forever\/\">Dave
    Says Things: What&#8217;s Wrong With Duke Nukem Forever.<\/a> Just a few
    minor quibbles there, then. (Linked within that is<a
    href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/reviews\/2011\/06\/duke-nukem-forever-review-barely-playable-unfunny-and-rampantly-offensive.ars\">
    Ars Technica&#8217;s longer piece<\/a>: &#8220;It&#8217;s like watching your
    uncle tell racist jokes at Thanksgiving and praying someone has the guts to
    tell him to cut it out, but this time it&#8217;s interactive\u2014and
    you&#8217;re the uncle.&#8221; So, yes, there&#8217;s that! Don&#8217;t look
    now, but it&#8217;s our distinct impression here at BR Towers that somewhere
    along the line, a large, colourful beach-size ball&#8217;s been emphatically
    dropped!<\/li>\n
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    In the wake of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e3expo.com\/\">E3 2011<\/a>, Rock
    Paper Shotgun <a
    href=\"http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2011\/06\/15\/e3-2011-booth-babe-babes-bonanza\/\">sends
    up the Booth Babe phenomenon<\/a>.<\/li>\n
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    Doing the rounds a fair bit, but <a
    href=\"http:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/people\/caitlin-morans-guide-to-being-a-modern-feminist\">Caitlin
    Moran talks to Stylist Magazine<\/a>, with accompanying commentdebate. Props
    to<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sianushka\"> Sianushka<\/a> for a sensible
    comment at 3.14 BST, if you feel like braving the thread. Some of us might
    contend the &#8220;there aren&#8217;t any feminist thinkers anymore&#8221;
    point in the column (Nina Power, anyone?), but what the hey, broad point,
    context, etc.<\/li>\n
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                            Another Friday, another quick linkpost. Dave Says
                            Things: What&#8217;s Wrong With Duke Nukem Forever.
                            Just a few minor quibbles there, then. (Linked
                            within that is Ars Technica&#8217;s longer piece:
                            &#8220;It&#8217;s like watching your uncle tell
                            racist jokes at Thanksgiving and praying someone has
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