What It's Like To Write About Race And Video Games
I’m no stranger to controversial takes. I ask people at parties whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich (it’s not). I…
Final Fantasy XIV's First Bunny Person Is A Familiar Face
Ivalice’s resident rabbit people are coming to Final Fantasy XIV as a playable race in this summer’s Shadowbringers…
The Antagonist In Life Is Strange 2 Is Racism
The first season of Life Is Strange leaned on melodrama to give some stakes to its story of a time-traveling queer girl…
Sims 4 Update Makes It Easier To Have Black Sims, But There’s A Catch
The Sims 4’s newest update added ten new, darker skin tones, as well as a new curly hair, to a game that had had not…
League of Legends Player Hits Level 300 After Days Of Crushing Bots
Since Riot Games reworked accounts to level infinitely in League of Legends, there has been something of a race as…
It's Impossible To Separate Cuphead From The Era That Inspired It
Cuphead is a beautiful looking game with tight controls and grueling combat that culminates in game unlike many others.…
Tales Speedrunners Race Through Grand Epics In A Few Hours
For a certain subset of folks, speedrunning—the art of beating a video game as quickly as possible—is their window into…
Berserk's Heroine Just Got A Lot Whiter For Some Reason
In Berserk’s manga, TV series and full-length movies, the sword-wielding heroine Casca has traditionally been depicted…
The Game I Played When I Was Scared To Death of Being Deported
Amidst the pushcart vendors selling bacon-wrapped hot-dogs, religious leaders blasting damning sermons over megaphones,…
The Realest Comic About Growing Up Asian American, And Hating Yourself
The moment that I knew graphic novel American Born Chinese was something special, and real, was in its second chapter.
Justin Timberlake's "Ninja" Slur Controversy Baffles Japan
Justin Timberlake recently called Madonna a "mother chucking ninja." Some people in the U.S. were upset, saying the…
Some Players Are Hunting Down Minorities In Watch Dogs
Ubisoft's latest open world game, Watch Dogs, lets players assume the role of a hacker named Aiden Pearce. Pearce uses…
Idiots Fight To Keep A Medieval Game White
Combine race, history, an upcoming PC game and some angry Reddit users and you've got a recipe for disappointment in…
Indie Dev Removing Racially Charged Gag From Game After Complaints
Most people seem to really like the indie PC sensation The Stanley Parable, but not everyone enjoys one of the jokes in…
Animal Crossing Fans Want More Than Just White Skin Colors In New Leaf [UPDATE]
At its heart, Animal Crossing is a game that's all about personal flair, customization, and expressing yourself. And…
Command and Conquer's New Militant Faction Underlines an Old Problem
No longer will Command and Conquer's militant "Global Liberation Army" feature generals of obvious Middle Eastern…
What the Washington Redskins Could Learn from a Game Named Starcoon
If I learned anything this past week, it's that some people will find any context in which an ethnic slur is not an…
I'm Mexican. Am I Supposed To Be Offended By Guacamelee?
So I finished Guacamelee! and I think I am supposed to feel offended.
This eloquent Kill Screen piece ruminates on why diversity should be important to the future of video games.
Hello Gaijin-san Face, Open Wide!
This week, Japanese restaurant chain Gusto started running a new series of commercials. It features the above woman, a…