What’s happened in our industry over the past year has opened my eyes to the problems in games, and that included my formerly beloved FFVII. I look at Tifa and realize now how over-sexualized she is; less a character and more a caricature of womanhood made to pander to teenage boys that can’t appreciate a fighting woman unless she’s also a sex toy. I no longer chuckle at the hatred towards Yuffie, because it’s not only unwarranted but serves to further detriment the stories of minorities and those that want to save their culture from unrestricted capitalist growth (more on this later).
But there is always hope for the remake, because there are chances to make things better; to make things right. Here are some of my suggestions.
I tried to get a glimpse of Batman’s rear end, but it’s as if his cape is a high-tech piece of Wayne Industries equipment designed to cover up his butt at all costs.
Life imitating art imitating life?
Let me just say, on a personal note: give it all to me right now or I will not be responsible for what happens next.
Even a “no-kill” run still involves some killing by proxy.
I feel like we’ve learned a lot of lessons from Ingress that we’ll bring to Pokémon. We’ll make sure you can play it everywhere.
By his own admission, Toby hates interview questions–so these answers are, uh, unique.
Contributor Courtney Hilden sits down with the cast of the Undertale fandub, which I’m certain everyone reading this is already obsessed with.
One of my favorite encounters in the whole game came from a Brotherhood of Steel side mission that had me escorting a young Brotherhood squire into a combat one for educational purposes. When the squire arrived, it was a twelve-year-old girl in full combat gear with a laser rifle slung over her shoulder and an adorable can-do-attitude. She didn’t have a name, and suddenly, I felt like I was leading a post-apocalyptic Girl Scout Troop. Instead of nature hikes, we went on ghoul-killing expeditions and sold roasted Deathclaw instead of cookies.
Hey Bethesda, make this happen as DLC, please.
This is worth a chuckle, and maybe a facepalm too. A chuckpalm?
Check out the latest video interview on TMS! @samriedel talks with Latoya about gatekeeping, the media narratives around gamer culture, and…tentacle porn?
It’s also worth pointing out that Breitbart is on the judging committee for eSports–so not only does the current Game Awards jury fail to represent women in the industry, it also provides a platform for a site that encourages harassment of women in gaming. Lovely.