Y'ever have one of those moments where it's late at night, and you're prepping for sleep by skimming articles and such you may have missed during the day? You read something and have a bad initial reaction, i.e. "Oh what the fuck?!" and maybe you make some upset tweets or FB/Tumblr posts about it but think… Continue reading Payment Past Due
Category: Corporate Decision Silliness
Say Anything
Remember a while back, a long while back, I wrote about a League of Legends champ named Taric and how I felt Riot should just make him gay already? A long time has passed since then (three years+, in fact). As I've written elsewhere, my feelings on Riot, on the situation itself, and on what I said back in… Continue reading Say Anything
Whole Hog
This is a short post. But I am cranky. Like many people in the gaming culture/press/business/what-have-you, I have spent many a moment over the past couple days looking at my Battle.net client longingly, hoping I too will suddenly receive a beta invite for Blizzard’s upcoming TF2-alike, Overwatch. To kill some time, I decided to look… Continue reading Whole Hog
See Something, Say Something
TW for this post: homophobia, transphobia Because of the sensitive content, the remainder of this post comes after the jump: Welcome to a couple of whiplash weeks for queer representation and themes in pop culture, especially games; from Kung Jin and Bobby Drake right around to yesterday morning's fantabulous and short-lived Steam Greenlight game about killing… Continue reading See Something, Say Something
Object Lesson
I'm gonna keep this short and sweet, ideally, because this situation has become so absurd that I'm not even sure it's real anymore. So there's a fighting game by FK Digital called Chaos Code. It came out last year-ish? Around the same time as AquaPazza. I bought it for a pretty cheap price (around $10, I think)… Continue reading Object Lesson
Brofist Intimacy
Just this morning I said that I was pretty close to done when it came to talking about Final Fantasy XV, mostly because, quote: "It's like shouting at an incoming meteor with a megaphone asking it to politely turn around." That was maybe me being a little upset because I've had a trying morning in general,… Continue reading Brofist Intimacy
You Knew This Was Coming If You Were Paying Any Attention
Right, I've about had it. Let me set some context for this blog post: I'm listening to "Blinded by Light" -- aka Final Fantasy XIII's default battle music and riff on Lightning's character theme -- on loop while I write it. So, you know. Strap in. So this happened: To be more literal about it: ever since… Continue reading You Knew This Was Coming If You Were Paying Any Attention
Ocelote and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Behavior
Right, so. Today when I popped open the League of Legends client, I saw a link to a video called "Controlling the Beast." It was in a space where, when not promoting in-game stuff like champion spotlights or Summoner Showcases, is usually about promoting LoL as an e-sport. Sometimes that's about what champions pros play, and since Udyr… Continue reading Ocelote and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Behavior
Mass Effect 3: Extended Director’s Unrated Super Special Rainbow Alpha Neo Ending EX
Right. You knew it was coming, so let's just get it over with. Obviously, spoilers for good old Mass Effect 3 and the Extended Cut endings, after the jump. So, when I first saw the "traditional ending," I wrote in this space about how the ending had a few holes and a few elements I didn't like,… Continue reading Mass Effect 3: Extended Director’s Unrated Super Special Rainbow Alpha Neo Ending EX
Plus ça Games for Change…
Right. So out of deference to a colleague, I've backburnered this because I didn't want to interfere with his ability to attend and speak at this year's Games for Change Festival. That said, if you're reading this, then I've already watched him give his speech and now all bets are off. This is the story… Continue reading Plus ça Games for Change…