Analysis
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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.
