Desert Golfing Developer: Captain Games Platforms: iOS, Android, Amazon Price: $1.99 2014 No Holes Parred I have no clue what Desert Golfing is.
Rumor Mill: Will the X-Men show up on the Small Screen?
Rumor has it that Fox, the owners to the movie rights to Marvel’s X-Men (and mutants thereof), may be considering an X-Men TV Series.
[NSFW] Fucking Trans Women: “A sexual cookbook.”
Fucking Trans Women #0 Mira Bellwether Released: October 2010 80 pages, zine Fucking Trans Women is an 80-page zine by Mira Bellwether about sex, gender, and trans women representation. It includes personal and political essays, diagrams, 101 info, and sex tips. The zine is available in hardcopy or as a PDF. The following conversation between…
Jem Jam: “The Beginning” and “Disaster”
2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Jem, the beloved 80s cartoon series. Jem and the Holograms have never been bigger, as 2015 will also see the release of a live action film based on the show, a new comic book series published by IDW, and a continuing line of collectible fashion dolls from Integrity Toys….
Picture This: Tao Nyeu
Tao Nyeu’s work splices natural and domestic scenes together to a mesmerizingly adorable effect through the combined use of silkscreens and etchings. To date she has published three picture books as well as contributed to two anthologies, each work with a focus on friendship and non-conformity. Her storylines are peaceful and approachable for all ages…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Welcome to this week’s edition of Get Your Game On Wednesday! This week brings us full coverage lady armor for all your fighting needs, fabulous women in Geek Girl Media, one teen girl’s journey to becoming a game dev, and much more!
Hollywood’s Hypocrisy: The Award Season Debacle
One of the biggest debates that’s been circling the media circuit recently has been centered on the near all white Oscar nominations that were released soon after the airing of the Golden Globes. There’s a startling gap between the Oscars and the Golden Globes that opens up a deeper debate on the subject of Hollywood’s…
Virtual Soldiers and Heroes “In Real Life”
In Real Life Cory Doctorow (w), Jen Wang (a) First Second Released: October, 2014 In Real Life is one of the most underrated graphic novels of 2014. By Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang and published by First Second, In Real Life is a story about how to be your own hero, and make the world…
Con Diary: MAGFest 2015!
MAGFest, short for the Music and Games Festival, was head-to-head with the inaugural PAX South this year, running January 23-26. Big competition for an event that started in the woods of Virginia and has expanded over 13 years into a nerd bacchanal that anticipates 15,000 plus people over three and a half days’ worth of…
Game Review: Child of Light
January is Amnesty Month! We’re writing about things we missed in 2014. Child of Light Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Platforms: PC, Playstation 3/4/Vita, XBox 360/One, WiiU Just a month after the maligned and female-less co-op mode launch of Assassin’s Creed Unity, another development team at Ubisoft Montreal was celebrating some great news: the “playable…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Old-Timey Video Game Comics!
Fans of classic video games got some good news this week, because Viz is reprinting the Nintendo Power-era The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic. The comic adaptation of the super popular Zelda game was written and drawn by legendary manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, creater of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series. Probably not many ten year…
Character Appreciation: Squirrel Girl
Squirrel Girl was originally created in 1991 by writer Will Murray and artist Steve Ditko, based on Murray’s ex-girlfriend who read comics, loved wild animals, and was a big fan of Ditko. Explains Murray in an interview: “I think I got the idea because I had a bunch of squirrels running around my roof and…
