Hi Mike Krahulik,Seeing as Jerry doesn't say much, this letter is for you, more or less.I posted about the PAX thing already. You should go read it, maybe take notice of some of it. I read your apology on the Penny Arcade site, and it turns out that I got some more to...
If you've been around the video gaming related internets lately, you'll be aware of the re-emergence of the Dickwolves shitstorm. Here's a recap, for the interested: The recent controversy, i.e. Mike Krahulik is an asshole. The timeline of how it all went down The...
I've long held a belief that talking about inequality in video games and pop culture matters, even though it seems like a relatively trivial thing in comparison to, say, world hunger. Mostly I believe that the narratives of culture - the greater stories and tropes...
So, I've mentioned She With the Improbable Shoes before, but let's talk about her in depth. This, for all you non-gamer people, is Bayonetta. Yes, she shoots people with the guns built into the heels of her shoes. Yes, she's doing a boobs and butt pose there, and...
So... it's old news that I love the Gears of War series. I mean I seriously love it. I got into console games because my better half got me playing Gears of War. I went to PAX Prime in 2011, and the highlight of my trip was playing Gears of War 3 and kicking all kinds...
[added by edit] Greetings, dudebros! It seems that this years-old article is still proving popular, and thus I have received some unsavory comments from men who are butthurt because I posted my personal opinion on my personal website. If you are such a man, please...
First person shooters are not exactly known for their feminism. Hell, they're not really know for much of anything apart from being the domain of immature teenage boys or a scapegoat for the more hysterical parts of the right-wing media. Team Fortress 2, Valve's free...
Ever heard of Anita Sarkeesian? Long story short, she's a medic critic of popular culture as it relates to feminism and the effects of sexism. Her Tropes Vs. Women series on Youtube is still once of my favorites, because it actually does a very good job of breaking...
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a very bittersweet game. It's effectively a single player clone of World of Warcraft, and, by all accounts, and 38 Studios planned to release a massively multi-player version. But it was not to be. The studio went under, owing millions...
As part of transferring my blog to WordPress, I've decided to start a new series - reviews of popular games that look at just how well they measure up in terms of body acceptance, sexism, racism, all that social justice stuff. So, let's start at the very beginning -...
More controversy. I can't leave it alone, can I? Here's the original article from Kotaku that started it all, and the pertinent quote: "When people play Lara, they don't really project themselves into the character," Rosenberg told me at E3 last week when I asked if...