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Tag Archives: Review
Long Live the Queen – Review (PC)
When I was younger, many of the stories I was told were about princesses. According to those stories, princesses needed rescuing, attended lavish balls wearing elegant dresses, and had to get the guy in order to live happily ever after. … Continue reading
Posted in Indie Games, PC Games
Tagged Hanako Games, Long Live the Queen, Review, Spiky Caterpillar
10 Comments
Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams
The following is a guest post from Mark Filipowich: Mark Filipowich writes about video games for PopMatters and anywhere else that will take him. He lives in London, Ontario where he is one of the last projectionists in the city that has been … Continue reading
Cinders Review – A Fairy Tale of a Game
Cinders is a visual novel by MoaCube. The game is inspired by the Cinderella fairy tale but it isn’t the story you may know from the Disney movie. With four possible endings, 120 decision points, and over 150,000 words this … Continue reading
A Study in Contrasts: Star Wars–The Old Republic
Edited to Add: This article has been corrected. Thankfully Vette’s shock collar cannot be used to make her love your male character. Bioware’s The Old Republic has been released to much fanfare and a blitz of publicity, becoming a surprisingly … Continue reading
Posted in MMORPGs, PC Games
Tagged BioWare, gender, Knights of the old Republic, mmorpgs, Review, sexism, Star Wars, The Old Republic
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To the Ends of the Earth: A Review of Elder Scrolls V- Skyrim
You could say I found my womanhood on the island of Vvardenfell. My life has been, in many ways, a master class education in the fact that games are never “just games.” You see, the setting of Elder Scrolls III: … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, General Gaming, PC Games
Tagged Elder Scrolls, Morrowind, Review, sexism, skyrim, women in games
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Inclusivity Review: Dragon Age 2
If you have any interest in BioWare’s Dragon Age 2 (and I realize many don’t, after many missteps by both BioWare and EA in this franchise and others), you’ve likely heard the bad by now: entire levels are used over and … Continue reading
Posted in Console Games, PC Games
Tagged Dragon Age 2, inclusiveness, mental disability, race, Review, sexuality, trigger warnings, xenophobia
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Reviewing Inclusiveness – Radiant Historia
I think I want to try a different kind of review. I want to review how progressive a particular game is, and that alone. I could do a full review, but there are plenty of other places where you can … Continue reading