How it all started: Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian released her latest installment of Tropes vs Women in Video Games and was promptly deluged with threats of rape and violence. She had to leave her home and contact with the police. Zoe Quinn, developer of the game Depression Quest, had nude photos and personal information released…
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Myst is coming to TV In a lot of ways, the release of Myst in the 90s helped show gaming’s more mature side with an elegant, immersive world where the gamer slowly solves puzzles. Cyan Worlds, the makers of Myst, has signed a deal with Legendary to make a Myst TV series and a companion…
Kickstarter of the Week: Unshelved Goes Digital
Back in 2002, Unshelved appeared as a webcomic sharing the stories of a small public library. The 10 collections have never been made into e-books — which bring us to our Kickstarter of the Week. The Unshelved Goes Digital Kickstarter campaign aims to make all 12 years’ worth of webcomics into DRM-free e-books. The brainchild…
Support A Sister: Wear Your Superhero!
When the boys at school told 5-year old Leanna that superheroes were for boys, her 7-year sister decided that October 1 should be wear your super hero day. What started out as sisterly love has exploded with the help of social media into a supportive day of geek support and superhero pride. Folks are encouraged…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
This week in video games has given us a few firsts – Pokémon fans rejoicing over Nintendo’s first iOS game and the line of gamers lining up for the Xbox One, the first major game console in 14 years. There’s still more goodness in this week, so get your drink and game pairing and read on. Fine Young Capitalists…
Kickstarter of the Week: Battle Chef Brigade
I fell in love with another Trinket Studios game, Color Sheep, at PAX East in 2013. When I heard the announcement for the Battle Chef Brigade Kickstarter campaign, I knew I needed to check it out. So far it hasn’t disappointed. From the campaign video, the game seems to be a cross between Iron Chef, a…
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Developing a female protagonist – Hellblade Development Diary The folks at Ninja Theory are working on their latest game, Hellblade, and creating a development diary videos as they go. In the third installment, the discuss the process of creating a female protagonist. Gauntlet is back! I loved the classic Gauntlet arcade game especially because I…
Dan Abnett, Ian Edginton & Tharg the Mighty in their first Reddit AMA!
Marking 2000 AD’s special 1900th edition, two of the legendary weekly anthology’s biggest creators are joining the alien editor of 2000 AD, Tharg the Mighty, for a very special ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit’s comics forum. Today at 8am EST, Dan, Ian, and the green-skinned alien being known only as Tharg will be taking questions…
A Musical Plea to Make Dredd II
Composers Jon and Al Kaplan have released their latest internet musical and its humorous plea to bring in Karl Urban for Dredd II. Dredd: The Musical points out that there are many more villains in Mega-City One that need to be judged. The two minute thirty-five second song nugget also includes a reminder of why the 1995 Judge…
Gamers, Voice Your Thoughts On Diversity in Games
With women in gaming on the rise, student researcher, Jennifer Allaway, is exploring players’ wants for diversity in games and games developers’ understanding of that desire. She’s assessing that gap using two different surveys to create a case study, one survey is aimed specifically at consumers and one aimed specifically at developers. If you are…
Kickstarter of the Week: Dracula: The Kisses
Halloween may be a month away, but Dracula is for all seasons. The Kickstarter for Dracula: The Kisses…Help Scary Little Girls fly north! aims to raise funds to allow the show to go to the Mac Birmingham as well as prepare for a national tour. The all-female production “explores queer and feminist theory in gothic, steampunk…
Where Do We Stand: August Comics and Graphic Novel Sales
Proving that Batman still has staying power even after seventy-five years, this month’s top single issue comic was BATMAN #34. The monthly tug-of-war continues between the big two, with DC winning the back the top spot but only three other titles on the list. Marvel took six of the top ten and Image snuck in…