I had hoped to perhaps pitch this story somewhere, but as the time from Heartstopper's release on Netflix gets farther away, I expect the chances on that equally diminish. And thus, is my blog resurrected. I'm going to start talking about Heartstopper by talking about Beautiful Thing, because that's the best way I can think… Continue reading Time in a Bottle
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Unsupported
For a long while, while we were waiting for Fire Emblem Fates to get localized after its Japanese release, it was a topic that I felt like I'd do anything to avoid. The Soleil / Kamui support conversation issue felt like a minefield full of barbed wire and angry dogs. You could be gay (well, canonically/mechanically gay;… Continue reading Unsupported
Paradoryxical
Where to begin. Although the information has been floating around gaming's social media spheres and message boards for a few weeks now, yesterday Polygon ran an op-ed by Laura K. Dale about Oryx, the titular king of Destiny's recent The Taken King expansion, being transgender. As a cis-though-not-as-cis-as-they-thought-they-were-for-30-years person, I struggled a lot with whether it was even… Continue reading Paradoryxical
Apropos of Nothing
It's, uh... it's been a heck of a couple weeks, hasn't it. A lot of stuff has happened. For a few glorious hours last Monday, many of us in the Twittersphere indulged in a bit of saucy appreciation of Street Fighter V's bearded alt-costume "Hot Ryu" and how in many ways our desire to either have… Continue reading Apropos of Nothing
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
On Ellie
Okay, internet. It's time. After my talk at GaymerX2 on fat characters, and after hearing the folks at Gearbox give their own talk on inclusivity in design, I decided I really wanted to write something about one of the NPCs in Borderlands 2, a Gearbox title. Her name is Ellie, and she's a big lady mechanic.… Continue reading On Ellie