From GamerGate to Pizzagate: How the Harassment of Women in Gaming Emboldened the “Alt-Right”
In February 2016, the Washington Post published an article by Caitlin Dewey entitled, “In the battle of Internet mobs…
Twitch Introduces AutoMod Tool to Help Fight Chat Toxicity
Twitch chat can be an amazing experience that brings people together, but it can also be a horrible and hateful place. Twitch channels have traditionally regulated their streams with community…
Blizzard Helps Overwatch Player After Crazy Loss of Credits and Loot Boxes
Reddit user Kaleptik had something pretty weird happen to them after the Summer Games event was over. After buying hundreds of loot boxes and unlocking every one of the Summer…
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From GamerGate to Pizzagate: How the Harassment of Women in Gaming Emboldened the “Alt-Right”
In February 2016, the Washington Post published an article by Caitlin Dewey entitled, “In the battle of Internet mobs vs. the law, Internet mobs have won.” In December of…
Titanfall 2 Is Two Games Best Played as One
The single-player campaign in Titanfall 2 breaks away from the precedent set by the first game, which was multiplayer only. While I enjoyed the first Titanfall, the addition of…
Casually Yours: Peter Molyneux’s New Game The Trail is Exactly What I Needed After the Election
I awoke with a start at 3am on the morning of November 9th. I already knew; I could feel it in the pit of my stomach. I had cried…
How I Feel About Final Fantasy XV After Playing It
When I wrote about Final Fantasy XV before its release, I knew I was going in as a pessimist. The blatant erasure of women in favor of telling a…
Flawed Exceptions: Who is “Good” Representation?
When researching for this article about what makes “good” representation in games, I asked survey respondents for characters that they considered positive examples of such video game representation. Unsurprisingly,…
Women on Video Games: Nov. 2, 2016
This week from female game journalists: politics, Final Fantasy XV, and closeted Telltale characters. Commentary Leigh Alexander weaves together Westworld, video games, and the election to argue that it’s…
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Reviews Roundup: The Last Guardian
Facing unknown dangers in a strange and mystical land, an ordinary young boy and his gigantic feathered friend must rely on each other to survive in this harrowing story…
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Game Dev, D&D, and VR: Exploring Games at GeekGirlCon 2016
I spent last Saturday, October 8 doing “research” at GeekGirlCon.com 2016 by attending panels, buying awesome geeky stuff I don’t need, gawking at…
Machinima Documentary Your Place or Minecraft Explores Players as Much as The Game
Machinima, or films created using video game engines, has existed in…
Study: Local Co-Op Games Most “Enjoyable” Kind of Social Gaming
Quantic Foundry, an organization that studies gamers, conducted a survey where…
New Vlog Series BitByBit Features Two Women Chatting About Video Games
Two women, Janet and Jess, have started a new video series…
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10 Ways to Make Your Game More Diverse
In this GDC 2016 talk, 80 Days narrative designer Meg Jayanth shares some useful information on how to make diversity in character design…
Lucy Blundell on Her Highly Original Visual Novel One Night Stand
Many of us have had a morning where it’s been difficult…
Media Molecule’s Luci Black and Amy Phillips Talk Game Development
Media Molecule is that rare beast-a major games development studio that…
Unlike Most Games, Wayward Strand Doesn’t Use Sound to Tell You What…
When sound designer Maize Wallin was first approached by game designers…
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Twitch Introduces AutoMod Tool to Help Fight Chat Toxicity
Twitch chat can be an amazing experience that brings people together, but it can…
From GamerGate to Pizzagate: How the Harassment of Women…
In February 2016, the Washington Post published an article by Caitlin Dewey entitled, “In…
‘The Walking Dead: A New Frontier’ Launch TrailerWhen family is all you have left… how far will you go to protect…
Blizzard Helps Overwatch Player After Crazy Loss of Credits…
Reddit user Kaleptik had something pretty weird happen to them after the Summer Games…
How I Feel About Final Fantasy XV After Playing…
When I wrote about Final Fantasy XV before its release, I knew I was…
China to Force Online Games to Disclose Random Loot…
China has just passed regulations that will force online games to publish the odds…
Reviews Roundup: The Last Guardian
Facing unknown dangers in a strange and mystical land, an ordinary young boy and…
Report: Nintendo Switch Will Be Getting GameCube Games
The Nintendo Switch will be able to play GameCube games using its Virtual Console…
Review of The Sims 4 Vintage Glamour Stuff PackDeligracy takes a look at the new Create-a-Sim and Build & Buy offerings provided…
Player Housing Coming to Elder Scrolls Online in February
Soon you’ll be able to call a part of Elder Scrolls Online ‘home.’ Bethesda…