Corporate Decision Silliness · Games Criticism · Gendered gaming · Rants · Sexuality in gaming

Say Anything

Remember a while back, a long while back, I wrote about a League of Legends champ named Taric and how I felt Riot should just make him gay already? A long time has passed since then (three years+, in fact). As I've written elsewhere, my feelings on Riot, on the situation itself, and on what I said back in… Continue reading Say Anything

Body Types in Games · Corporate Decision Silliness · Games Criticism · Rants

Whole Hog

This is a short post. But I am cranky. Like many people in the gaming culture/press/business/what-have-you, I have spent many a moment over the past couple days looking at my Battle.net client longingly, hoping I too will suddenly receive a beta invite for Blizzard’s upcoming TF2-alike, Overwatch. To kill some time, I decided to look… Continue reading Whole Hog

Corporate Decision Silliness · Rants · Sexuality in gaming

See Something, Say Something

TW for this post: homophobia, transphobia Because of the sensitive content, the remainder of this post comes after the jump: Welcome to a couple of whiplash weeks for queer representation and themes in pop culture, especially games; from Kung Jin and Bobby Drake right around to yesterday morning's fantabulous and short-lived Steam Greenlight game about killing… Continue reading See Something, Say Something

Corporate Decision Silliness · Games Criticism · Games Journalism · Gendered gaming · Narrative in Games · Rants

Brofist Intimacy

Just this morning I said that I was pretty close to done when it came to talking about Final Fantasy XV, mostly because, quote: "It's like shouting at an incoming meteor with a megaphone asking it to politely turn around." That was maybe me being a little upset because I've had a trying morning in general,… Continue reading Brofist Intimacy

Corporate Decision Silliness · Fan Culture · Games Criticism · Rants

You Knew This Was Coming If You Were Paying Any Attention

Right, I've about had it. Let me set some context for this blog post: I'm listening to "Blinded by Light" -- aka Final Fantasy XIII's default battle music and riff on Lightning's character theme -- on loop while I write it. So, you know. Strap in. So this happened: To be more literal about it: ever since… Continue reading You Knew This Was Coming If You Were Paying Any Attention

Competitive Gaming · Corporate Decision Silliness

Ocelote and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Behavior

Right, so. Today when I popped open the League of Legends client, I saw a link to a video called "Controlling the Beast." It was in a space where, when not promoting in-game stuff like champion spotlights or Summoner Showcases, is usually about promoting LoL as an e-sport. Sometimes that's about what champions pros play, and since Udyr… Continue reading Ocelote and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Behavior

Corporate Decision Silliness · Fan Culture · Gaming Reflections · Narrative in Games

Mass Effect 3: Extended Director’s Unrated Super Special Rainbow Alpha Neo Ending EX

Right. You knew it was coming, so let's just get it over with. Obviously, spoilers for good old Mass Effect 3 and the Extended Cut endings, after the jump. So, when I first saw the "traditional ending," I wrote in this space about how the ending had a few holes and a few elements I didn't like,… Continue reading Mass Effect 3: Extended Director’s Unrated Super Special Rainbow Alpha Neo Ending EX