Tag: identity politics
Black Myth Wukong Review Guidelines Ban “Feminist Propaganda”
The makers of Black Myth: Wukong are not playing around with games journalists. The Soulslike action RPG from Chinese studio Game Science (their first game, which is hard to believe when you see how good it looks) will be released tomorrow, August 20, on PlayStation 5 and PC – and Xbox Series X|S...
Read MoreConcord Early Access Beta is a Bomb
The main attraction at this year’s PlayStation State of Play was Concord, a sci-fi first-person shooter developed by Firewalk Studios (which is owned by Sony, hence the focus at State of Play). It was pretty underwhelming, a goofy-looking game with some nice visuals but little to draw anyone in. ...
Read MoreHalo Composer Talks DEI in Video Games
In a recent video on his Andrew Says YouTube channel, Andrew Chapados interviewed Marty O’Donnell, the former composer of the Halo video games who created the Halo theme. O’Donnell is running for Congress, where he hopes to represent Nevada’s third congressional district in the House of Repr...
Read MoreWarner Bros. Games Starts New Women and Non-Binary Leadership Program
In today’s example of things getting worse before they get… even worse, I guess, Built In reports that Warner Bros. Games, the video game division of Warner Bros. Discovery, has started an initiative called the Women and Non-Binary Leadership Program. Its goal is to “upend the gaming industry�...
Read MoreIs the LGBT Representation in Assassin’s Creed Shadows Just a Rumor?
Is that LGBTETC rumor about Assassin’s Creed Shadows solid? I’m not sure, which is why I haven’t written about it yet, but since it appeared, the circumstances around it suggest it very well could be. This rumor started with a blog post about Assassin’s Creed Shadows on the Ubisoft website...
Read MoreNaoe, the Female Lead of Assassins Creed Shadows, is a Stand-In as Well
The forced DEI in Assassins Creed Shadows doesn’t end with Yasuke. (Is “forced DEI” an oxymoron?) Yesterday, the trailer for Assassins Creed Shadows revealed that the two lead characters in the game – which is set in 1500s Japan and is about the samurai and shinobi (ninjas) – were a blac...
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