Dear Gamers,
May 19th was a crucial date for all of us here at CD PROJEKT RED -- we released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, our open world role-playing game that we had been hard at work on for over 3 years. Since day one, you have given us tons of positive feedback and support -- the sheer volume of emails we’ve gotten since launch simply congratulating us for our efforts is both epic and heartwarming, and I wish every developer comes to have such a fantastic community. In terms of media reception, we’re really humbled by the scores the game has received all around the world. With an average of 90+ on every platform, Wild Hunt is our dream coming true.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the four million gamers worldwide who bought The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in the first two...
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Every now and again a celebrity will post an open letter online and the internet will explode, either ridiculing them or heaping praise on them. Well the latter has just happened for Ariana Grande who wrote about how she was tired of not discussing her work and instead being asked about her relationships and also being referred to as someone's ex.
I don't usually jump on the bandwagon of reading the musings of celebrities...often because I feel like it is a publicity stunt and they aren't even responsible for half the words that they've supposedly written. Anyway, I decided to check out Grande's letter and whilst I wouldn't disagree with what she is saying in parts, I also find it very naive and even unappreciative of the situation she is in.
Asking her about her relationships is...
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Being "empowered"...is not the same as being a "bitch"...
HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY...is not the same as HAVING A BAD ATTITUDE
What I meant when I said about not being Sean's ex is that I am tired of living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man's past, present or future PROPERTY/POSSESSION.
I...do not. belong. to anyone. but myself. and neither do you.
I have clearly not been having the boy questions in my interviews lately because I have come to the realisation that I have SO. MUCH. MORE. to talk about. I'm currently making the best music I've ever made in my life, having the best time of my life on tour with some of the greatest people I've ever known, working my ass off every single day, performing/creating for my babies and getting the chance to meet and hug my...
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Ok, I've been holding this back for a while now so I'm just going to do this regardless of the hate
It begins with a story
Once upon a time in Australia there was a boy. He joined a band, called 5 seconds of summer. They went on tour with one direction and they now tour the world stealing the hearts of MILLIONS!
This one boy made crazy videos about random things nearly every single day, telling her how much he loved us and just talking about where they were and their plans.
That boy was you
But all of that changed one day. You made less and less videos, you didn't tell us you loved us much, you found a "girl" who you think loves you (but more on that later)
As for the videos, you just stopped. The last video you made on your Keek account was 4 months ago, and yes, you do make...
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Dear Caitlyn,
The truth is: I really didn’t want to write an article about you. I didn’t want to spend hours thinking about you, sifting the internet for the rare piece of insightful (or even coherent) commentary on your Vanity Fair cover, or wading through YouTube clips of your television appearances. Actually, I had no idea who you even were (I was born fifteen years after the Montreal Olympics and grew up without TV) until a few weeks ago, when the media circus around your gender identity began.
You see, I was tired of writing and thinking about trans women as media “items”– tired of the endless analysis, debate, scrutiny, sensation, that has opened up around us, our bodies, seemingly without having slowed the tide of discrimination, violence, and murder that claims so many of...
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There was a time when I once looked on entertainment news websites just to kill a bit of time and see what was new in the world of showbizz. But now these sites have really fallen out of favour with me and I just can't stand the content they are putting out.
I recently read that TMZ, the American showbizz site, is now one of the most powerful sites in the world. It's the sort of site where they'll analyse someone from head-to-toe and show footage of a celebrity leaving their home as news. The fact that this will get more attention that a natural disaster or a death is what's concerning. I can understand the idea that people don't want to read scary and negative stories about our society and environment, we're more willing to ignore these things in favour of some lighter 'news'.
Ok...
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Dear Taylor,
Your open attitude and honest friendliness
That’s what I like and appreciate about you
But most of all, that through it all
You don’t think more of yourself than you have to
Your performance has developed and grown
Your concerts became more powerful, mature and smart
But I think the most valuable asset you own
The thing that keeps you on every hit chart
Is that honest friendliness you've shown
I trust your mother will be fine
But please keep us posted about things
Let us fans support and share in the good and bad times
We also get to hear about you and that nice mr Harris
When needed, I’m sure, you’ll treat your mom with a kiss
Or sing her a song about how special she is
With attention like that, I can know, I’m also a dad
Sometimes even the...
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Before I start I'd just like to acknowledge that I love Game of Thrones. It's definitely my kind of thing ... the swords and sorcery etc.
My problem is the general reaction online to the most recent episode 8. People have been heaping praise on it as the "best episode of all the series to date" and I feel this is the perfect example of where people jump on one anothers bandwagons in order to just have relevant online content.
Whilst many hyped this episode, I was left with slightly different feelings.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it, just not as much as it is being hyped. I think people are bigging it up because – to be honest – it came off the back of seven episodes that have truly left fans wanting. I don't expect epic swordfights in every episode or anything like that but...
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Dearest Caitlyn:
First and foremost, let me start off by expressing my appreciation of you being at the head of such a beautiful moment in time. If you were to tell me as a child that I would be celebrating the introduction of a transgender woman to the world, I’d probably ask, “what does that mean?”
I suppose that makes sense to a degree. As a kid, I hardly knew what it what “gay” meant; much less “transgender” — but now, because of people like you, there aren’t many children who will be able to be as confused as I was. What you’ve done on this day goes much further than just revealing your name and your body in a truly fierce photo spread with Vanity Fair (seriously, girl; Annie Leibowitz hooked you up!). In fact, what you have done is fully opened a door that has been only...
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Dear Roger Waters, Musicians and BDS
I am writing you an open letter in regards to you latest attempt to influence Robbie Williams’ performance in Israel via the media.
First of all, I am writin this email as a believer in the greatness of the human race. And as an advocate for true peace on our planet.
One part of your letter states: “tacit support to the deaths of over 500 Palestinian children last summer in Gaza, including the four soccer players on the beach in Gaza and condoning the arrest and abuse of hundreds of Palestinian children each year living under Israeli occupation.”
Of course the cost of any child’s life is a grave loss. And sadly, lives of children are being lost around the world in conflict. Yet I have not heard you being outspoken about the children of...
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