Gaming used to be a hobby for geeks, at a time when “geek” was an insult and not a label women threw around casually. Up to the early to mid 2000s, you would not have heard any woman addressing her friends with the words, “You are such a geek, Stacy!” To be a gamer, you… Continue reading Romance Options in Video Games
I find the Internet, i.e. the “web”, more or less useless nowadays when it comes keeping up with the news. Mainstream news sites are total garbage, and any site remotely interesting gets banned the moment it ascends beyond fringe status. Thankfully, there is Telegram, but this is only for political news. For gaming, on the… Continue reading The Absurdity of Having to Use Tor for Non-Mainstream Information
Some of you may know that I run a YouTube videogaming channel, via which I sometimes manage to interact with industry figures. In the past, this allowed me to get a review copy of Saints Row, for instance. As many of you are aware of, the recently released RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 is a smash… Continue reading Baldur’s Gays: The Surprising History of Baldur’s Gate 3
The last time I took a walk in nature with my schizo hat on, I thought about the machinations of the CIA and its excessive meddling in popular culture. This is the sledge hammer the United States used to wield in order to exert “soft power” all over the globe, but due to its recent… Continue reading The US Government is Most Likely Influencing Western Video Game Development
Sometimes, there is just a deluge of bad news: there is global boiling, Putin still refuses to unconditionally surrender, and the premier outlet for feminist criticism of videogames, the esteemed format Feminist Frequency, spearheaded by luminary Anita Sarkeesian, is about to cease production. According to a recent video, which I did not watch as I… Continue reading Anita Sarkeesian’s Feminist Frequency is Shutting Down
When Skyrim came out, it did not take long until a sizable number of people seemingly spent more time with mods and just walking around than actually playing the game. A friend of mine mocked this by saying that he could just take a walk in a forest instead. Yet, if you do not live… Continue reading Green Grass, Environmental Primitivism, and Vidya Sales Figures
Yesterday, I watched part of the Xbox presentation on upcoming games, which I found hilariously bad. One of their allegedly most anticipated games is Fable, a remake or reimagining of an overrated game that is about twenty years old. Game reviewers were in awe of its sophisticated morality system. It presented you with some comical… Continue reading Can Ugly Female Characters Sell Video Games?
I recently read the autobiography of Cliff Bleszinski, better known as “CliffyB” and the creator of the Gears of Wars franchise, which was huge in the late 2000s. The story of this guy’s life is relevant even for those among my readers who have no interest in video games, however, as this guy, despite having… Continue reading The Tragedy of CliffyB: A Cautionary Tale about Women, Success, and Money
I recently picked up the remake of Resident Evil 4. The original is arguably one of the most important games in vidya history. It left quite an impression on me when I played it on the GameCube almost two decades ago. Capcom could have messed up this game in many ways but they did not.… Continue reading Notes on Resident Evil 4 (2023)
For the last few weeks I tried playing through Resident Evil 7, but dropped it after about 40% in, judging from replays I watched afterwards. The beginning is quite good but it just gets worse and worse. Instead of a fully fleshed out review, I just want to throw out some notes on this game,… Continue reading Notes on Resident Evil 7
The last few years in gaming were quite a disappointment. The last big game I was into was Dragon Quest XI, which I played in 2020 on the Switch. It probably helped that one of the main characters, Jade, is super sexy, which the game makes sure you notice by offering a side quest in… Continue reading Hot Babes are Making a Comeback in Vidya
When news broke about the new Saints Row game, I was, as many others, appalled by what I saw. The graphics were bland, the story seemed laughable, and the main characters did not immediately appeal to me. However, due to some industry contacts, I was able to get a review code of Saints Row (2022)… Continue reading Saints Row (2022): An Honest Review of the Game of the Century
