video games

game review

harry potter

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Even My Soft Butch Hufflepuff Dreamboat Couldn’t Redeem the Cash-Grabbing Mess of “Hogwarts Mystery”

Merlin’s Beard, Jam City! Way to take all the magic out of Hogwarts!

Jenna —

May 10, 2018

game review

video games

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You Should Play “NieR: Automata” if You Like Hot Androids, Cute Robots, or Nude Somebodies

The combat has a frenetic arcade-iness that makes me a little giddy even as I’m being chewed up by the robot dog that was for some reason built under the…

dufrau —

Apr 26, 2018

game review

video games

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“Celeste” Is a Very Difficult Video Game for People Who Know What It’s Like to Have Something to Prove

Celeste sets out to climb a mountain and learns a whole lot about herself along the way.

Jenna —

Apr 12, 2018

trans day of visibility

trans women

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TDOV Spotlight: Annie Mok’s “They Say That I’m A Witch”

“Traveling back in time to school days, and getting to confront one’s bully, hit me viscerally. I found myself going through the game over and over.”

Abbie Jones —

Mar 31, 2018

Lists/Top 10s

video games

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6 Video Games For Springtime’s Short Attention Spans

Hi hello and welcome to springtime, when the weather has no predictable pattern and neither does my attention span. Here are some games I’ve picked up for five minutes or…

dufrau —

Mar 29, 2018

video games

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“Butterfly Soup” and “GENDERWRECKED” Are the Queer Indie Games You’re Looking For

These days, I constantly crave queer ass stories about queer ass characters. Luckily for us all, there are some incredible indie game creators who are here to give the people…

Jenna —

Mar 15, 2018

video games

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“Lost Wage Rampage” Is Your Morning Coffee Spite Play, Highly Recommend

Friedhoff games always give players a space to vent rage without real-world consequences; Lost Wage Rampage is no exception, and whoo boy, do we got a lot of rage.

A.E. Osworth —

Mar 12, 2018

technology

video games

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If You Love Brave Little Toasters and BB8 You’re Gonna Want To Play “Rumu”

This is a game about a vacuum that is not about vacuuming, and it’s a game about sadness that is not a sad game. I did cry at the end,…

dufrau —

Mar 1, 2018

cats

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“Monster Hunter World” Gives Gay Gamers the Gift of Fighting Alongside Cat Companions

Even if I don’t especially want to kill the dinosaurs, who have been killed enough by now in my opinion, seeing Budgie whacking a T Rex in the face with…

dufrau —

Feb 1, 2018

game review

Nerd Culture

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“Doki Doki Literature Club” Doesn’t Subvert Dating Sim Misogyny as Much as It Thinks It Does

Rather than simply acknowledging the ridiculous trope of no female agency in dating sims and attempting to explain it away from a meta perspective, I wish the game had instead…

Jenna —

Jan 22, 2018

life is strange

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“Life Is Strange: Before the Storm” Episode Three Is Such a Frustrating End to Such a Beautiful Thing

“The question I asked after Episode One was always hovering, and it’s up to Episode Three to answer it: Is this story as doomed as it seems it has to…

dufrau —

Jan 4, 2018

video games

wonder woman

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I Accidentally Punched The Virtual Reality Assistant Who Helped Me Become Wonder Woman and It Was So Worth It

It’s so weird and different and fun!

Jenna —

Dec 21, 2017