Can we talk about the first Xenoblade Chronicles, a game that is brilliant in all ways except for its inventory system. Every monster drops two kinds of loot, and you will need SOME of these items to complete the literally hundreds and hundreds of sidequests, and there is no clear indication as to whether someone…

I have little interest in playing or watching these kinds of competitive gaming matches, but I am fascinated by the culture and the industry springing up around them, and I love reading about it.

Since I almost exclusively play JRPGs, and most games in this genre require a minimum commitment of 60-80 hours, this happens to me a lot. After I married sexy Chrom and max-leveled Panne and her rabbit child from the future, Fire Emblem: Awakening became tedious. I’ve been putting off finishing Dream Drop Distance…

The only question I want Yoshida to answer: when are you adding the Viera as a playable race?

The issue is context. The context of a sexy dating-sim demands sexiness, titillation, and (possibly) objectification. Players are there for sexy men, women, demons, whatever. When you buy or play a sexy dating-sim, that’s what you’re after, and that’s what you get. It’s totally appropriate for that context. Also,…

If the rise of effective ad-blockers keeps websites from displaying traditional and generally inoffensive banner adds, how can a website offering a free service bring in revenue without these video ads? And if a website can’t bring in revenue, how can it pay for staff or server space? Auto-play videos are annoying,…

In college, I spent six weeks working as an intern at a summer stock theatre company in Morgantown, West Virginia. Things I learned:

Is it just me, or does this seem like an incredibly stupid and meaningless thing upon which to waste vitriol and anger, particularly in our current social climate?

Oh man, this game. My parents didn’t really let me have video games growing up, and other than a few DOS games on my dad’s 1980s computer and Myst, the free Windows demo of Gex was one of the few games to which I had access. I played that first level SO many times as a kid.

While I’d never go so far as to actually get plastic surgery (even assuming I could afford it here in the US), I totally sympathize with her feelings. I think she looks pretty cute in her “before” photos (especially that infections, goofy grin!), but beauty standards for young women can be absolutely crushing. I…

Looks like it’s time for me to badger Boyfriend into installing this game...

I feel like this GIF should be the go-to response to any iteration of this argument 100% of the time.

It’s important to call out abusers publicly. Letting such behavior slide, get glossed over, or be conveniently ignored only teaches other abusers by example that they can absolutely get away with it, particularly because abusive behavior almost always happens behind closed doors.

He’s like Korean Josh Groban! This is an impressively complicated melody for half of it to be sung a capella.

Can we talk about your slime tumbler, which is definitely the star of this article? I’m just going to go out on a limb here and assume that’s not a thing that would be easy to acquire in the States.

Heather, I always appreciate your interesting editorials on the philosophical and artistic implications of games.

I’ve never played an Assassin’s Creed game, but I might have to try out this one, if only because I want to be a bisexual warrior lady who gets to debate with Sokrates.

I haven’t played a Tales game since Tales of Phantasia. I’ve had Berseria on my to-play list for awhile, but how does Vesperia fit into the quality-based hierarchy of Tales games?

I’ve played ALMOST all of the games, and I still have only the vaguest memory of what’s going on beyond the two mainline games. I’ve been reading the surprisingly coherent manga series to jog my memory in advance of the KH3 release, so that might be a way for you to get caught up in a fraction of the time it would…

A couple of months ago, the business manager at my workplace turned to me at the end of a staff meeting and said, “You know, I haven’t played a video game since I played Pac-Man at a bar once as a younger woman. I’d love to see how games have changed since then.” Somehow, this comment turned into a staff gaming night…