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 […]
Narrative in Games
You Can’t Take It Off
Lately, I’m beginning to feel like a bit of a crank when it comes to LGBTQ issues in games. Specifically, I’m worried that I’m being too hard on people who […]
She’s Not That Into You
I want to talk about the part of Dragon Age: Inquisition that made me cry, or at the very least to tear up and force myself to not cry. There are […]
Undefined
So let me tell you about the time I annoyed David Gaider at a major gaming event. As many of you know, I spoke at GaymerX2 this July, as did Mr. […]
Janey Springs Eternal
So to continue what appears to be an accidental series of blog posts writing about Gearbox Software’s Borderlands games, I wanted to get something down on paper regarding the newest […]
On Ellie
Okay, internet. It’s time. After my talk at GaymerX2 on fat characters, and after hearing the folks at Gearbox give their own talk on inclusivity in design, I decided I […]
The Subtle Knife
So there’s this thing that bugs me about being gay and I imagine it bothers a lot of other people on the queer spectrum, too. It mostly comes down to: […]
Fabula Spoilers Crystallis
So I wrapped up Lightning Returns and in the process I had some thoughts about how the history of the FF13 meta-series has gone down. Thus I just sort of sat […]
Me and Bobby l’Cie
So earlier today on Twitter, Denis Farr and I were discussing how mages in the Dragon Age universe have a lot of queer readings, especially in the sense of political queerness in the […]
Day in the Sun
So, this semester I’m teaching a course on “Game Design for Expression.” It’s really more of a class on how students — especially students with no technology or game background […]