***WARNING! This blog post will contain themes and imagery that some may find disturbing*** Human beings love monsters. All throughout history humans have created monsters to fear, and to help us come to terms with some of the fundamental aspects of our reality. Whether as part of cultural mythology, art, literature or modern media, fictional and m... Read more
Meme: I heard you like reactions, so I put reactions in your reaction so that you could react upon your reaction! It’s hard to see how gamers in Australia can stand things like this. Between not getting M-rated video games for years, such as “Mortal Kombat” or “Grand Theft Auto” series, to the fact that when they final... Read more
Have we all had enough of the overuse of PC buzzwords yet? I mean, you’re sexist if you don’t want to watch Ghostbusters 2016, Pepe the Frog is a hate symbol, and now (in a recent interview with the Daily Star) analyst Michael Pachter wants to throw his hat into the ring. As he compares PC gamers to racists. ‘I think PC... Read more
Keiji Inafune has some serious Pokeballs when it comes to being a creator, executive producer, and by now probably a failed game developer. I mean, “Mighty no. 9” was his first official foray into proving Capcom lost the best thing that happened to them when he decided to leave, and now it would appear that Capcom is having the final la... Read more
So, at what point did gamers, and by extension, #GamerGate, become Alt-Right? Now, some of you might be thinking “That’s ridiculous. I’m not Alt-Right.” Don’t worry, I believe you. As someone who identifies as Libertarian, it annoys me when I read articles like “How the Alt-Right Invaded Geek Culture” which makes the claim that the Alt-Right trying... Read more
