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In Dispatch, Blonde Blazer and Invisigal don't get equal screentime. But it’s “not developer bias,” Adhoc says
“It's not developer bias or a writing choice to elevate one character over another — it's us trying to stay true to who they are.”
What the war in Iran means for people who make and play games
Qatar supplies 30% of the world’s helium, used to make GPUs, processors, and more. Prices are soaring in a high-pressure global economic landscape
17 indie developers who are making games about messy, sometimes toxic, queer romance
A series of profiles of participants in the Toxic Yuri Visual Novel Jam and other similar game jams
Kara Stone is creating low-carbon games
A future where games can be played without burning fossil fuels
How Outersloth's investment fund contracts upend the status quo for indie developers
The Among Us studio's funding contracts are groundbreakingly transparent
The mod that makes The Sims 4 sexy
Wicked Whims is nearly a decade old, and it's created a community around the way it opens up The Sims 4 for self expression — and kink.
We spoke to queer Nigerian gamers about the identities they hide online
Voice chat can mean teamwork, coordination, and banter, but for many of the queer Nigerian gamers we spoke to, the mic is a risk assessment tool.
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is you, me, and Meredith Gran at 18
How can a narrative point-and-click make my heart beat so fast?
The Séance of Blake Manor's lead designer on why she made the game's clock so important
“I am a woman in her 40s who has the brain of a turnip.”
Spirit Swap developer Alex Abou Karam on marketing a game in times of war
"It was really hard [...] to be so focused on making a game about queer, trans, POC joy in the midst of so much abject intentional suffering."
Gunpla is for the girls
Real Gundams wear pink... and sparkles, and hearts, and tutus, and rhinestones
Meet the modders making video game characters look "better" — whatever that means
How do modders figure out what's beautiful, what's sexy, and what their own fans might want?