“It surprised me when we started getting eyes on the game, and people would bring up the cast’s number of women, or that we depict queer people… Like, isn’t this just how the world is?"
Searching for meaning in the ocean and inside of trees
“It surprised me when we started getting eyes on the game, and people would bring up the cast’s number of women, or that we depict queer people… Like, isn’t this just how the world is?"
Searching for meaning in the ocean and inside of trees
"Virtue and a Sledgehammer," from the developers of "Gods Will Be Watching," eggs you on toward destruction even as it asks you to think about why
Studios Campo Santo, Giant Sparrow, Mobius Digital, and DigixArt have us thinking about how we move through the world
I’m a French Black woman whose favorite game of 2025 was not Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And how could it be, when South of Midnight was released around the same time?
Sex scenes are still rare in games, and players' outlooks on them are notably nuanced
The visual wheel became popular with disabled and non-disabled players
The game pretty much speedruns all the horror tropes for women — damsel in distress, fridging, and the hag
It's complicated! But here are some recs from our regular contributors
I, too, long for a game that captures the feeling of traipsing through Aotearoa's subtropical wonderland
"Swearing can be empowering and liberating for so many people... But it can be a little rough for people who have backgrounds with lots of verbal abuse"
Sara opens up about “minority soup,” queer motherhood, and her work on the upcoming expansion
Soft Not Weak's match-3 game has a simple premise and hidden depths
It’s no coincidence that Hsia encountered "looksmaxxing" content while promoting the game.
Trying to get by as a seal in a dog's world? Tougher, and more poignant, than you might think.
Sara opens up about “minority soup,” queer motherhood, and her work on the upcoming expansion
"What if you could respond to that guy catcalling you by shooting him? And what kind of person would you be if that were how you were living?"
What LGM hopes to accomplish with her meme page, from developing a game to funding mutual aid
Koh's new webcomic is inspired by the local Guilty Gear community they founded
Plus, we talk to the TikTok creator adopting abandoned Nintendogs cartridges
I gave Aerith a botany book and now she holds gatherings to rant about how you can’t have gardening without “God.”
All the games I'm playing right now that center empathy, kindness, friendship, and satisfying gameplay.
The game pretty much speedruns all the horror tropes for women — damsel in distress, fridging, and the hag
Its gameplay even replicates the form many gothic novels take: the epistolary.
Female characters over age 40 have been relegated to the sidelines
Body shape shouldn't be a punchline either, by the way
“You have followed my instructions faithfully thus far. Continue to do so.”
“Understood, Adam. No objections, of course.”
Yonic architecture is a constant, from the moment the player is given control of Samus until the very end.
