Category: Commentary
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Akira Toriyama passed away earlier this month at the age of 68. The creator of Dragon Ball and artist behind games like Chrono Trigger, the Dragon Quest series and Blue…
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Ten years ago, a bunch of bigoted fascist assholes used false pretenses to terrorize women, queer people and people of color in the video game industry, in games media, and…
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Spoilers ahead. You know the drill. The first season of True Detective rocked the shit out of me. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson were incredible as two scumbags with badges…
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New Year’s resolution: cut back on cop stories in 2024.
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The final season of Destiny 2, “Season of the Wish,” released today. As is usually the case with seasonal updates, Season of the Wish comes with new gameplay modes, new…
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UPDATE: A friend sent me a link to this website which has been keeping an even more granular account of games layoffs and studio closures. By this site’s count, there…
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I’m enjoying myself in Cyberpunk 2077, and that bothers me. To be clear, it doesn’t bother me because I find myself stuck in 2021, unwilling to acknowledge that a game…
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In 2008 Fox News had talking heads on to discuss the corruption of the youth via interactive video sexuality. The Girls and Homos could kiss in Bioware’s Mass Effect and…
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This is a bit of a different post from me today, but it fits well with No Escape’s tagline: Digital culture and its discontent. I’m, uh, feeling discontent right now.…