Hi, guys. This is Taric. (Yes, I used his Chinese artwork. Shut up.) Taric is a champion in League of Legends. In terms of types, he is both a support and a tank, having strong healing and buffing abilities as well as a stun and defensive power. His schtick is that he uses earth-elemental magic… Continue reading An Open Letter to Riot Games
Category: Sexuality in gaming
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…
Bio-aware
A very small post for you -- a number of people at PCA who came to our gender and sexuality in Bioware games panel asked if I would send them the slides from my talk on same-sex romance options. (Those links will probably be broken in about a month! Enjoy them while you can!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS83e65LMp8#t=01m46s Anyhow, I… Continue reading Bio-aware
Oh, come on, now!
Extremely minor Mass Effect 3 spoilers follow. Bioware. You people, let us chat. Long time listener, first time caller. Love your work, have even devoted some of my professional research time to one of your creations (Dragon Age 2). Enjoy the Mass Effect series a whole bunch. Am even a SW:TOR subscriber. So I've established my credentials as… Continue reading Oh, come on, now!
Gays in the military
Oh, my friends. It's been some time since I had a moment or two to craft a blog post for you, but today I really, really just saw something that made me get on here and share my thoughts with you. So Gamestop had a sale a few weeks back where a number of PS3… Continue reading Gays in the military
Non-stop Climax Blog Post
So a while back I was invited by Mia Consalvo to take part in a podcast by the GAMBIT Lab at MIT with herself, Clara Fernández-Vara, and Matthew Weise. They were talking about a game that was, at the time, newly released and hotly controversial: Bayonetta. If you don't know anything about the game, let… Continue reading Non-stop Climax Blog Post