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I think it’s fair to acknowledge that the industry in general does a terrible job with this, but to also give Respawn props for making their characters a little more inclusive, especially since they’re not personally responsible for the rest of the industry. Read more

The character designs in this game are all really good. Even the token Nathan Drake-esque, devil-may-care white guy is interesting and well-rounded!
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Now if only Blizzard would add the black women to Overwatch that Jeff Kaplan told a fan was in development some time. Read more

It’s refreshing that the diversity is just “there” without any pomp and circumstance around it. Plus all of the designs are pretty cool! Read more

idk, sounds like a place where you pay a lot of money to get a mia farrow haircut in piss-yellow. Read more

I love her. Well, I love ANTM. That show is a hot mess, but it unexpectedly help me love myself more. It gave me lessons in appreciating my looks and being all fierce and fabulous while trying to get through my early 20s. Yeah, it’s weird, but c’est moi. Read more

“Even though I have no idea what I’m in for, I am already dying to go to F̶y̶r̶e̶ ̶F̶e̶s̶t̶i̶v̶a̶l̶ Modelland” Read more

Thanks for this, Gita. A lot of the cultural narrative of this series gets lost in discussions of whether or not it makes sense, about the side games, snide jokes about the titles, and general disdain for its general themes and ideas. But these games clearly mean a lot to so many people, and coverage like this is… Read more

Man, when Kingdom Hearts II came out I was 24, barley living paycheck to paycheck, not quite sure what I wanted to do (was on my 4th major by this point) and still had not been in a serious long term relationship.  I took the day off for the game, bought some snacks and played the game for 8 straight hours and loved… Read more

I was 18 when the first game came out and played it out of morbid curiosity (mostly due to my long running love for Final Fantasy at the time). I played about half the game and found it to be pretty shallow gameplay-wise. I lost interest in Atlantica. It’s a concept that I always felt could have been done better, but… Read more

I think it’s special that I enjoyed this game in my early teens, and that this is now a game that I get to share with my children. It’s a unique nostalgia that there aren’t a lot of comparisons for in our generation. Growing up, my parents could share Star Wars (though all we got was this shitty reboot). This is… Read more

In 2006 I was in my second year of college, freshly in a relationship that excited me, searching for information on becoming an actuary or an international policy wonk, and nerding out over all of my classes, from differential equations to literature theory.
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The first game is my favorite game of all time, the rest wouldn’t crack my top 100. I was 11 when the first game came out and am 28 now. I’ve been through college and starting a career but I wouldn’t say I’ve had any major life changing events happen as far as getting married, starting a family, losing loved ones… Read more

When KH2 was coming out I had asked my dad if I could take the day off from school to get it. While he said no to taking that day off, he did say it was ok for me to take the next day off. Everything ended up working out for the better since that was the actual release day. Unfortunately due to being 30 now I was… Read more

Interesting. I went to see if there was a sequel about the years after graduating art school and turns out there is. It’s called Cook, Serve, Delicious.
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I can’t fucking deal with how well they nailed the Geocities aesthetic. Site should cross link to the Heaven’s Gate website or something. Read more

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If you haven’t watched this show yet, you need to. It’s amazing. Read more

When the first Sims came out, I don’t remember there being any gender-based stigma around it.

Men play with “dollhouses”. We just call them “Legos”. It’s sort like “dolls” versus “action figures”. They both attempt the same thing, creativity and imagination, but we have ingrained it into our youth that one is designed for girls and the other is designed for boys. Read more