Welcome to the Games Section’s second monthly roundtable! Every month we will address a pressing issue in the world of gaming.
Queerness In Cartoons: The Legend of Korra Finale (2/2)
In part one of our roundtable, we discussed the season finale of The Legend of Korra. In this second part, our crack team of cartoon commentators will contextualize the episode by discussing the wider world of queer representation in cartoons and children’s media.
Double Trouble, Gotham via Riverdale: Date Night With WWAC
I’m at the fanciest Italian restaurant in Riverdale (weirdly, I can also order lobster here). Across the table is my Valentine’s date—high school heartthrob and continual teenage crush Jason Blossom. No, wait. It’s no heartthrob at all, it’s everyman Archie Andrews, looking extra freckled and earnest in the kind glow of the candlelight.
Movies That Shaped Me: Red Sonja
Red Sonja Directed by Richard Fleischer Written by Clive Exton & George MacDonald Fraser Starring: Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul L. Smith, Ernie Reyes Jr. Dino De Laurentiis Company PG-13, 89 minutes 1985 Red Sonja (1985) is a horrible movie. The dialogue is cliche, the acting flat, and there are inexplicable plot holes….
Hardworking Professionals to Retire After 47 Years: Goodbye Golgo, Sayonara Saito
This morning I sent a link over to Laura, our news editor, about the ending being in sight for Golgo 13. Golgo 13 is a story (loosely, loosely it’s a story) that has been in progress since 1968. And end approaching is a pretty big deal. Conceptually. This is the third-longest series, in terms of…
Dogears: Blasphemy!
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady Florence King St. Martin’s Originally published in 1985, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady combines some of my favorite genres: memoir and the American South. I am a born and raised Texan (which straddles the line between the South and the West). Southern fiction writers such as Flannery O’Conner,…
Marvel Studios Gets A Crack At Spider-Man: Why Both Studios Need A Fresh Take On The Web Slinger
It happened. Sony has decided to get Marvel Studios to work their magic on the Spider-Man property. Will we get a repeat of the messy Amazing Spider-Man sequel? What are the plans for the web slinger let alone the shared universe Sony wants to create? WHAT’S GOING ON? These were the questions occupying our minds…
Fifty Shades of Otome: A Mobile Market of Devotion or Defilement?
I can’t recall how I became interested in mobile otome games—I think it began with a game that was on sale on Steam. It renewed my interest in visual novels in general and eventually led me to the mobile market to further whet my palate. For those not aware, “otome gēmu” (pronounced “OH-TOE-MEH”) means “girl…
Mighty Marvel Monday: RETURN OF MONDAY!
I’m back! Hi! Did you miss me and my Marvel musings? Look, I love you all so much that I brought the alliteration back in my intro blurb. The things I do for you.
Comique: Your New Easy Reading Digital Art Comics App
Comique is a free app created by Sam Gwilym. It’s listed as having “in-app purchases” on the App Store, but don’t let that put you off, there’s no trickery to entice you into bulk-buying digital currency so you can expand your battle force. The App itself is just a platform. Though having written that just now,…
Hey Jude: Date Night With WWAC
It never seemed strange to me to have crushes on fictional people. After all, I would argue that the majority of people who fall in love are only falling in love with their idea of the other person anyway. Leaving behind my cynical views on relationships, I know that Osaki Nana and I were meant…
Gotham Academy #4: The Walls Are Listening
Gotham Academy #4 Becky Cloonan & Brenden Fletcher (W), Karl Kerschl (A), Karl Kerschl (cover) DC Comics January 28, 2015 Spoilers Ahead!