So I'm usually on the lookout for new games to play, and my preferred genre is and always will be fantasy adventure. There's something about hitting a horde of goons with giant, unrealistic stick-shaped weapons that really just gives me the warm and fuzzies in a way...
An Open Letter to Penny Arcade, from a Feminist Gamer
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...
Judging Gears
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...
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
[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...
There’s no I in Team Fortress
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...
Reach for the Skyrim
This is one of those games that I love to hate. It's equal parts frustrating, awesome, problematic, and everything in between. Skyim is the descendent of Morrowind and Oblivion, two games that very nearly bored me to tears and then some. I came to the Elder Scrolls...
Minecrafting
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 -...