The James Bond of First Light is hot in a grown up way
"In order to live out the masculine fantasy of being James Bond, you do actually have to make this guy attractive to women in a way that male video game protagonists usually are not."
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Cloud is a tough guy to date (if you’re Barret)
Cloud's emotional distance still leaves the door open for queer interpretations
Final Fantasy VII Remake makes queerness visible — but confined
By separating aesthetic presentation from player agency, Final Fantasy VII Remake reveals how queerness can be represented without being playable
Unlearning misogyny to truly appreciate the women and girls of Kingdom Hearts
Kairi, Larxene, and the rest of Kingdom Hearts' female characters were too often the butt of jokes in the 2000s
How vaginal imagery in Metroid Prime 4 redefines Samus — and why it matters for shooters
Yonic architecture is a constant, from the moment the player is given control of Samus until the very end.
Disco Elysium and the myth of the male loneliness epidemic
Despite Disco Elysium predating this reckoning, its story and characters offer useful ways to interpret this modern myth
I am begging Warhammer 40K grifters to stop focusing on female Space Marines
Here's why this online argument just won't die
Playing old Nancy Drew games as a gothic heroine
Its gameplay even replicates the form many gothic novels take: the epistolary.
10 years in, Stardew Valley's binary approach to gender still gets a failing grade
We can marry whoever we like in Pelican Town, so why no they/them pronouns?
Why do cozy games keep asking us to work, and why does it feel so good?
Developers of games like A Short Hike and Tiny Bookshop weigh in on why even labor feels nice in their games.
