With Great Power Comes Great Irresponsibility
When Spider-man gets adapted for video games, developers often betray one of the character’s core principles in trying to make it fun.
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I’m Sorry, Gordon: An Apology To Silent Protagonists
The proliferation of voice-acted games has highlighted some reasons why voice acting might sometimes be a bad idea.
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Cities: Skylines, Urban Planning, and a History of Gentrification
How come Cities: Skylines (and city building in general) is so heavily focused on the management of roads? The answer is, as always, rich people.
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Don’t Mention The Bruises
Stories about child abuse in games have become only more common in recent years, but they rely on well-trodden conventions of that narrative that are problematic to say the least.
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More Representation Won’t Help Overwatch
Blizzard is content applying band-aids to infected wounds, but we shouldn’t be.
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The Dragon At The End Of The Universe
This is your greatest final boss battle yet. I know we said it last week too, but this time it’s for realsies.
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