So as some of you may have read, yesterday Kotaku's Stephen Totilo posted a story based on an interview with Zelda mastermind Eiji Aonuma about Majora's Mask and other topics. One of said other topics was the creation and history of series NPC and running gag, Tingle. And if you follow me on Twitter? Well... https://twitter.com/laevantine/status/568148510853492736 ...you know… Continue reading Dog and Pony Show
Category: Sexuality in gaming
You Can’t Take It Off
Lately, I'm beginning to feel like a bit of a crank when it comes to LGBTQ issues in games. Specifically, I'm worried that I'm being too hard on people who are potential allies. And while I am vehemently against that as a critique coming from allies themselves ("you're not making any friends, you know") I… Continue reading You Can’t Take It Off
She’s Not That Into You
I want to talk about the part of Dragon Age: Inquisition that made me cry, or at the very least to tear up and force myself to not cry. There are a lot of narrative beats, a lot of moments, in DA:I. I am sure you might expect that this emotionally-impacting scene is one of many in… Continue reading She’s Not That Into You
Undefined
So let me tell you about the time I annoyed David Gaider at a major gaming event. As many of you know, I spoke at GaymerX2 this July, as did Mr. Gaider who -- if you didn't know -- is one of the head writers at Bioware and a major creative force behind the Dragon Age series… Continue reading Undefined
Janey Springs Eternal
So to continue what appears to be an accidental series of blog posts writing about Gearbox Software's Borderlands games, I wanted to get something down on paper regarding the newest title, Borderlands the Pre-Sequel. Now, if you follow my writing and Twitter and such you probably already know that I recently reviewed the game for Paste… Continue reading Janey Springs Eternal
The Subtle Knife
So there's this thing that bugs me about being gay and I imagine it bothers a lot of other people on the queer spectrum, too. It mostly comes down to: when do I want being gay to "matter?" The problem is that there are two answers to this which are concurrently true -- Always Never… Continue reading The Subtle Knife
Me and Bobby l’Cie
So earlier today on Twitter, Denis Farr and I were discussing how mages in the Dragon Age universe have a lot of queer readings, especially in the sense of political queerness in the 70s/80s. In the process I mentioned that I got a similar vibe from the much-maligned cast of Final Fantasy 13, specifically the relationship between "fal'Cie" (power… Continue reading Me and Bobby l’Cie
Went Home
Alright. So thanks to a gift from Maddy Myers, I went home. I had no plans to buy the game, mostly because "mansion games" (thank you Robert Yang) or "first person experiences" (thank you Cameron Kunzelman) aren't my thing. I don't really enjoy point and click adventures, or games where you progress by turning over every little thing until… Continue reading Went Home
Reach Out to A Particular Contextual Version of the Truth
Right so last night Riot Games researcher and smart guy Davin Pavlas and I had a discussion about Kanji Tatusmi, one of the main characters of Persona 4. Specifically we discussed some of the ways in which his personal story is interpreted along both sexual orientation and gender presentation lines, and along the way I aired a… Continue reading Reach Out to A Particular Contextual Version of the Truth
A Slight Followup on “An Open Letter to Riot”
So, a few things happened, and I wanted to bring them up. First, game journo/critic/maven Patricia Hernandez gave my post a write-up on Kotaku which is humbling/gratifying. While I'm not normally a proponent of ignoring comment threads -- I think that sort of sweeps them under the rug as "not real" somehow when I firmly believe… Continue reading A Slight Followup on “An Open Letter to Riot”