Maddy Myers's saved articles

just got off the phone with every game developer in the world, and they said, “you know what? yeah, sure. I mean, we’d be kinda silly not to do that” Read more

Super Smash Bros. Melee HD. Read more

My phone flew off my finger. Pretty sure I used this wrong Read more

Part of me isn’t that surprised by this—aside of my own (mostly male) circle of gaming friends, most of the other Dead or Alive fans (both actively playing, or just interested for making art or cosplay purposes) are women rather than men. The fact that the “pro” fighting game scene deeply intimidates me might have… Read more

Great article, thanks! Read more

The problem isn’t so much that literally everyone gets toxic towards trans people. But rather the group of harassers gets larger and louder. Where male player X may get 1 or 2 death threats a week, Trans Player Y gets dozens, including some mailed to their home address... 80% of the fan base could still love you,… Read more

Yeah, it could be due to different environments to be fair. Smite is overwhelmingly toxic in all its competitive forms, and Mortal Kombat seems to attract the “edgier” kind of crowd due to its nature as a game with a high emphasis on graphical violence. I’ve heard really shitty comments regarding other trans players… Read more

I was a fairly high ranking Smite player and Mortal Kombat 9 (and related FGC) player pre-transition. After coming out as trans and seeing the toxicity of the competitive world I dropped any hopes of competing, if the hate wasn’t directed at me it was directed towards other trans women in the community at large. I… Read more

I think the main difference here, and in the FGC in general, is that this wasn’t a one-time, in-the-moment occurrence. It was the culmination of a long feud, between two players who had built it up over social media and other tournaments. Read more

That’s my gut reaction seeing the lead gif, but after reading the story I’m less sympathetic. Did you watch the video of their previous match? Read Philpot’s tweet? It’s not like Bradley did this to some random opponent, Philpot had been taunting him for a while and there is basically a 100% chance Philpot had some… Read more

You ignored the part where he tried to rape a child. You saw the article and thought, “how can I defend this wannabe child rapist?” Read more

So, when does the girl start getting rape and death threats? This the gaming community after all. Then after a concerted harrasment campaign, they can all claim it’s “just some shitlords” and gaming can go back to ignoring it’s massive misogyny and sexual violence problem. Read more

This is disgusting and makes the entire eSports scene look bad. Read more

If it makes you feel any better, my older brother had, like, the huuuuuuuuuuugest crush on Riley back in the day, rather than Angel or Spike. Silver lining?
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You’re not good enough for Herrrr!!!! Read more

Tabula Rasa is my favorite episode as well. High five! Read more

Hi, commenters! You’re going to fill these comments with stuff about how Riley sucks and I’m going to think you’re talking about me even though I hope you aren’t. Just wanted you to know that’s a thing I live with Every. Single. Day. Read more

I’m really into the idea of it being a placed on a reconverging timeline after all the events of the other games. Read more

“Ive spent most of my life using small things in big hands”