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5 games that will change your perspective on life
Studios Campo Santo, Giant Sparrow, Mobius Digital, and DigixArt have us thinking about how we move through the world
South of Midnight is a master class in cultural appreciation
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?
From "corny and hot" to "porn-y diversion": How gamers think about sexually explicit content in modern games
Sex scenes are still rare in games, and players' outlooks on them are notably nuanced
In Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, women are the enemy
The game pretty much speedruns all the horror tropes for women — damsel in distress, fridging, and the hag
Mix It Up: Why Cyberpunk 2077 still hits for some trans people, despite its transphobia scandals
How could a game so entangled in scandals with the trans community simultaneously become dear enough to help shape who some of us are?
Discopup is a Lynchian deconstruction of the club and the city
Trying to get by as a seal in a dog's world? Tougher, and more poignant, than you might think.
A psychiatrist’s case for siding with Maelle in Expedition 33
Maelle's decision represents her own understanding of what her life is worth — and it accounts for the worth of the many lives in Lumière
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.
