KotOR II is New Vegas to KotOR I’s Fallout 3: it eschews the tried-and-true story in order to blaze new one all its own, and it’s far greater for it. I wish Obsidian had had the technical expertise and wherewithal to better express their vision, because it’s easily the best story any Star Wars game has ever told.

While I like Revan, a lot... I’m not gonna lie, I’ve actually always found the Jedi Exile to be the more compelling of the two KotOR protagonists. The way the game approaches her service in the war, how she was treated by the Jedi afterwards, her relationship with the Force and Kreia... I really, really loved all of…

Dear Rian,

I think you’re way off base on letter one.

Like I said above, initially, this is a narrowly specific topic that I have spent plenty of brain-time both writing articles about and critically examining.

Liking what was unpopular pop-culture doesn’t make you morally superior to hockey fans or whatever.

Also women are also bullied in high school! And ignored by boys (which hurts when we swing that way)! And struggle with anxiety/depression! For me personally, as a woman the most insulting part of all in philosophies like this dude’s is that they assume I literally don’t exist - I’m used to being objectified and…

I think vocally condemning unacceptable actions is one aspect of shifting the norm and is one aspect of the equation that leads to changed results. The reason sexual assault / groping was so rampant in my community growing up was because no grown man (nor woman) called it out. It was accepted as ‘the norm’ and boys…

I don’t see that.