Htiman: Absolution attracted a lot of negative attention for its depiction of the sexy nun Saints being violently murdered in a trailer. Did the game itself actually treat them any better? Continue reading
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SimCity: I’m Not Saying That The Gaming Press Is Easily Led, But…
Charting the Metacritic review scores of the new SimCity over time shows how out of step the early reviews were with what happened at launch. Continue reading
City of Heroes / Villains: Putting Claims To The Test
Back in January an anonymous source made a number of claims about City of Heroes’ / Villains’ performance to MMORPG.com, so let’s see how they stack up. Continue reading
Point / Counterpoint: Microtransactions in Dead Space 3 And Paying For Your Survival
Did you know that you can pay real money to unlock virtual items in Dead Space 3? If you’ve played Dead Space or Dead Space 2, you probably aren’t surprised. Continue reading
Scenes From An Alternative Reality: Are Video Games Are Too Sexual?
An article written from a different reality to this one. Continue reading
Dead Island – Riptide: De Rigeur Mortis Marketing
The Zombie Bait pack makes zombies of us all. As a safety warning, the following post contains a statue of a dismembered woman from various angles and a little bit of adult language. Continue reading
2012: Your Year in Gaming Misogyny
In 2011 it looked a little bit like the gap in attitudes about women in gaming had started to close. Thank god 2012 came along and showed that the No Girls Allowed Club was still alive and kicking in video games. Continue reading
The Witcher 2: No Sex Please, We’re Elvish
Just in case: ***PLOT SPOILERS*** for The Witcher 2 follow. If you haven’t played this title and like action RPGs, you really should. Continue reading
#1ReasonWhy Was Badly Named; Turned Out To Be #100sReasonsWhy
It’s very easy for silence to be mistaken for acceptance, even approval, so speak up. Continue reading
Games Writing Ethics: What’s the Code (of Conduct)?
It seems to be a reasonable starting point to evaluate each gaming site based on their own formal ethics guidelines or codes of conduct. But what are they? Continue reading
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