May 19 2012   I’m still crazy busy with work, pulling week after
week of overnights, but I happened to have a night off last
night (shock horror!) and could finally sit down to write. So, I
know you folks would completely understand that I would have to
talk about this post as soon as possible, didn’t you? I talk
quite a bit about both video games and privilege, so this is my
particular bailiwick.  John Scalzi apparently pissed off a lot
of straight white males (not to mention the cis-gendered!) by
pointing out that, despite their individual lots in life, they
are in fact playing on life’s easiest difficulty setting — the
playing field is significantly tilted in their direction
regardless of how well off they, individually, are.  The analogy
is a relatively good one, but the major flaw with analogies is
that if they are not perfect, some asshat will come along and
point out how the analogy differs, until you are left with
building an “analogy” that is essentially the whole situation
described in exacting deta