Anderson, PSI Division #2 Matt Smith (w) Carl Critchlow (a) IDW I’m a little surprised at how much I like this series so far. The first two issues have dealt with introducing Anderson’s character more fully – her background, a little bit about her powers, and her interactions with other judges. Anderson is an action…
Multifarious: The Rude Art of the Polite Protest
NSFW: Painted nudity. This week it’s all art we love and art we love talking about. Welcome back to Multifarious! Artist Janet Bruesselbach has begun a series of gorgeous oil portraits of trans women, Daughters of Mercury. She’s currently raising funds for the project on Kickstarter.
GamerGate Rolls On — Does It Affect Your Personal Behaviour?
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…
Sexy Times with Dice: 10 RPGs That Deal with Sex and Sexuality
Tabletop RPGs are perceived to have a sex problem. Either they are a pastime you engage in because you aren’t getting busy, or there are half-clothed busty women leering from the covers in a display of oversexualized content. In this, mainstream tabletop RPGs reflect our society’s conflicted views on sexuality: we either giggle in embarrassment…
October Staff Picks: Movies!
Birdman Alejandro González Iñárritu Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone Fox Searchlight The studios threw me a curve ball by moving my September pick, The Book Of Life, to October. But I won’t cheap out and pick the same movie both months. I’m a little intrigued by the concept of Birdman: a has-been…
New Bundle of Holding: Treasure Trove of Games by Women!
Bundle of Holding offers collections of independent tabletop RPGs at a discount for a limited time, with 10% of the price going to charity. Games are grouped by by theme, collecting the Pathfinder system books together, or even collections of spooky music to give your Trail of Cthulhu game that extra creepy vibe. Their current…
Sex Criminals Review: Would you eat a street muffin?
Sex Criminals #7 Matt Fraction (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Image Comics Sex Criminals #7 opens with Suzie mulling over the downsides of birth control pills before dropping her badly-needed muffin on the street. What would you do? Would you eat the street muffin?
Ladies Only: the Problem with Gender & Diversity Focused Panels
It’s time to change the way we do panels at conventions. Right now women, LGBTQ, and people of color are invited to speak on panels such as: GMing as Women Gaming as Other Diversity in Gaming Race in the Gaming Industry Queer as a Three-Sided Die I love the titles of these panels. They’re fun, badass,…
Con Diary: Gen Con wrap up
I’ve been home from GenCon for a few days, and I’m still overwhelmed with excitement (when I’m not sneezing or coughing). It was a truly amazing four days, both personally and professionally. The convention was huge, with attendance up 10% from last year, and events sprawling from the convention center into nearby hotels. Here are…
GenCon Guide for Grownups Part II
Once you’ve gotten through your first day or two of GenCon, you may want to level up your experience. You’ve wandered the Exhibit Hall for hours, photographed the coolest cosplayers (after asking nicely and stepping out of the way, of course), and pretended to be elves with a bunch of strangers. Now you’re starving because…
GenCon Guide for Grownups Part I
GenCon is staring us all dead in the face, so it’s time for a little pep talk. It is the largest gaming convention in North America, and has been running for forty-six years. There are tabletop RPGs, card games, video games, board games, Live Action Role Playing (LARPs), cosplay, anime, art, workshops, panels and more….
Dogears: Rock Bottom, No Skin in the Game
Skin Game Jim Butcher Penguin I have to admit that, at this point, I’m mostly reading the Dresden Files out of a combination of inertia and completism. The sheen and new car smell have been rubbed off by the criticism Butcher has received about the sexism of his main character (which I disagree with) and…