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		<title>The Games Industry Can t Grow While The Hangover Of Auteurism Lingers</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;XOKMaurine: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Luckily, there is a variety of characters to choose from, and each of those characters have different stats and abilities. Some of these characters can make the otherwise frustrating game much easier to get through. But, it can be hard to know which characters will work the b&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Webber is an exclusive character for the Reign of Giants DLC, which was before the Shipwrecked and Hamlet DLCs . Because he is a child who lives in a spider, Webber is able to befriend spider mobs, who will then defend him. Spiders who are not his friend will simply leave him alone, and he can be around spider dens without his &amp;quot;sanity&amp;quot; or speed being affected. He can grow a beard that provides some warmth and can be shaved off for material. Also, he can safely eat monster food, and he starts a playthrough with some Monster Meat and Spider E&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Every year, the MacTusk Hunting Party strolls out into the Constant (who knows where from) and spends Winter tracking down poor, defenceless players. Their igloos appear in the same campsites every time, and the MacTusk &#039;N&#039; Son duo bring with them two Blue Hounds. There are a whole heap of strategies to defeat this gang, but a tried and true method involves planting Anenemies around the igloo and revisiting it for loot every three days.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;If you&#039;ve got some Orange Gems lying around, why not upgrade the Walking Cane into a Lazy Explorer? It provides the same 25 percent movement buff but with a touch of Telepoof magic. Crafted, again, with a Psuedoscience Machine, two Nightmare Fuel, two Orange Gems, and your previously made Walking Cane. The Construction Amulet should be worn to reduce the necessary Gems and Nightmare Fuel, as the best place to find Orange Gems is inside a dead Dragonfly. Of course, there&#039;s also the 0.02 percent chance of picking one out of a Tumbleweed if you want to spend your time chasing after those.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Woodie is certainly one of the best players to use, as a main perk is that he starts off with an Axe named Lucy. Compared to other axes, Lucy is a great asset for the players since she can chop down trees faster than other axes and has infinite durability. The Werebeaver, too, can also have its advantages as it not only protects players from the Night Monster but it is also extremely strong and has a good defense dynamic. Just make sure to be near a camp when the transformation occurs so Woodie can get supplies again and continue on with his qu&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On the topic of avoiding the Nightmare Lights and Fissures, one way of effectively doing so is by looking at the in-game map. The Nightmare Lights will appear on the map, so players can use this to help them while navigating through ruins and ca&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;For example, Runic Turf would go from blue to gray during the first two phases, and the cracks begin to glow red during the Nightmare Phase. Likewise, ambient noises grow progressively louder from phase to phase, reaching a crescendo during the Nightmare Phase, before growing softer again during the Dawn Ph&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Magiluminescence Amulet may be the perfect item to take spelunking and into the Ruins as not only does it emit light and a 20 percent speed boost, but it also provides two Sanity gain per minute, and leaves your hand and head slots free.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But, once you&#039;ve gotten a handle of how to spot the different telltale signs of each phase, it is relatively easy to escape from ruins and caves at the start of the next Nightmare Phase. Just be sure to not return until the next Calm Phase, as shadow creatures will still continue to spawn during the Dawn Ph&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Wes really has nothing going for him. His Hunger drains faster than normal, and he deals less damage than average. Wes spawns with a Pile o&#039; Balloons, which cost five Sanity each to blow up. The Balloons have a small chance to distract mobs and will pop when they&#039;re attacked or another balloon near it pops, dealing five damage. Wes was created for a bit of an added challenge, and in this endeavor, he succeeds with flying col&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, if the player decides to use Willow, they will have to pay careful attention to Willow&#039;s &amp;quot;sanity.&amp;quot; When her &amp;quot;sanity&amp;quot; gets low, she starts making random fires, and these fires can damage the built structures that the player made. To prevent this, players should construct an ice fligomatic, which will put them &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Speedy Balloon grants the one wielding it a 30 percent Speed boost until it deflates . As the magical helium breath leaves this Balloon the hole in the middle shrinks, and the Speed boost drops to 20 percent and then 10 percent. After a quarter of a day cycle, Wes&#039;s boost is lost, but he can always blow up more to give to fellow teammates, which is a great early game multiplayer strategy .&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Yet this pervasive presence of auteurism - this hangover from what should, but is evidently not, a bygone era of male-dominated game development - continues to perpetuate systemic harassment in the industry. Despite the fact that every modern job listing touts diversity as a core tenet of its respective company, reports of harassment - almost always targeted directly at marginalised people - are not only commonplace, but worryingly so. In the last two weeks alone, the government lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard has revealed horrific and dehumanising accounts of misogyny , sexual harassment , and systemic racism . All of these issues were, until now, swept under the rug by rosters of predominantly male members of the [https://Hanhsi.com/ FPS games patch notes] industry old guard. When asked by a female fan if Blizzard would ever consider creating female characters that don’t look as if they would appear in a Victoria’s Secret catalogue, an entirely male panel of developers publicly laughed at her suggestion, attempting to embarrass her for making a completely reasonable request in front of an enormous BlizzCon audience. They then asked what catalogue she’d prefer them to step out of. Not one of the reports on workplace misconduct against female developers is singular, and yet too often they are laser-focused on instead of being considered in tandem with every prior and subsequent report of the same abuse and toxicity. This, again, is compounded by the concept of auteurship - the man in charge calls the shots, even when the shots in question have nothing to do with a man’s perspective.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;XOKMaurine: Created page with &amp;quot;I am Kiara from La Sionge studying Educational Studies. I did my schooling, secured 75% and hope to find someone with same interests in Creative writing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Here is my website [https://Hanhsi.com/ FPS games patch notes]&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;I am Kiara from La Sionge studying Educational Studies. I did my schooling, secured 75% and hope to find someone with same interests in Creative writing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Here is my website [https://Hanhsi.com/ FPS games patch notes]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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