Cecilia D'Anastasio's saved articles

Have a friend who works at Riot, and he’s been describing some pretty crazy changes going on. Read more

Came here to be cynical, critical, and maybe give a perfunctionary “It’s a start.” But that would all be largely redundant to the article and maybe too harsh? At least they do seem to be listening and maybe finally acknowledging the shortcomings in their leadership. Here’s to hoping it all comes to pass for a better… Read more

As others have mentioned, this is from the same creator behind Tatami Galaxy. In fact, several characters from the show make cameos here, even though there is no continuity between the two.
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That’s cute and encouraging. I’m glad to see this. Read more

I think Kellam is in the game, too. Read more

I read a comment today where someone said “Thanks, our 4th blue haired swordsman/swordswoman” and I laughed thinking it was an exaggeration before I realized in horror there actually are 4 blue haired swordsmen/women. Read more

Here’s my thing: I thnk 7 is a perfectly fine number of FE characters. Melee exposed the series to the wider world and served to catalyze it into a highly valuable Nintendo franchise. Plus, the characters are inherently made for fighting. Seven is fine. Read more

This is just so weird to me because K. Rool hasn’t been relevant in any way for nearly 20 years but SOME people want him so much that Sakurai said "geeze, fine". Read more

Not remotely suprising. A quick look at the female characters in LoL itself tells you tons about their mindset toward women.

Since it invariably is going to come up, I don’t understand how people can scream “this is a witchhunt” or “people are too sensitive” or “this is SJW nonsense” when time and again big gaming/tech companies have proven to be navel gazing, bro-clubs who alienate anyone who isn’t a straight white male.

It’s not… Read more

Thank you for this very thorough and detailed reporting. This seems the result of several different toxic cultures (Business, Gamer, Start-Up, etc.) all intersecting and building on one another. Very disappointing... Read more

Hold on, so when France won the World Cup all the news sites should’ve waited for 24 hours before reporting on it? You know, just in case some sorry asshole missed the live broadcast? It’s not a Game Of Thrones episode. Get real. Read more

And half of it’s going to C9 lmao Read more

Can we take a moment and wonder at that Halt back into a Self Destruct double kill? That might have been the prettiest assist I've ever seen in OW Read more

Philly’s high is top 3, their floor is bottom 3.
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What a spectacular first season for the Overwatch League. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was skeptical that this could hold my attention, especially since the geography of the rooting interests of the teams seemed so confusing. But after picking a fav team (NYXL), the announcers and the overall production values… Read more

Profit just murdered everyone. Read more

I’m a big NYXL fan and it was pretty clear that they looked lost last night. It took a while for them to shake the rust off on the first map, which is to be expected after such a long layoff. That first map, Dorado, was close but Oasis and Eichenwalde really weren’t. I don’t know what you can point to with simple “fix… Read more

Good teams adjust though, we saw London drop 3 to the Gladiators, and they came back and tossed LA around for six straight maps. It wouldn’t surprise me if the NYXL did the same. Read more

A top seed cruising into the playoffs with their foot off the competitive gas pedal all of a sudden can’t turn the light switch back on in the playoffs? Read more