Helen Liutongco
Helen Liutongco is a fledgling writer who contemplates games and cartoons from her perch in Chicago. Like a true millenial, she inadvertently wastes a lot of time on YouTube. Her work is on Overlooked and NerdyPOC. You are also permitted to stalk her on Twitter, but only in a non-creepy way.
Of White Samurai and Internalized Racism
Flat nose.
“Pinch your nose,” your family said to you, when you were a child. “Your nose is too flat. If you pinch it everyday,...
Fire Emblem: Heroes Needs All The Shirtless Men It Can Get
So about Fire Emblem. This is a series that, in its recent entries, wholeheartedly embraces gratuitous, ridiculous, or even borderline distasteful fanservice. Yet despite—or...
‘Emily Is Away’ Is Good But A Female Protagonist Makes It...
With the recent release of Emily Is Away Too, I decided to revisit its prequel game, 2015's Emily Is Away. For the uninitiated, in both...
Uzbekistan Ban Lends New Angle to Violent Video Games Debate
It seems that wherever video games travel, controversy inevitably follows. The central Asian nation of Uzbekistan has officially banned 34 games from import and...
Breaking Down Gaming’s Socioeconomic Paywall
“Do you own a Nintendo 3DS?” my homestay brother once asked. His question genuinely surprised me. I had yet to see a video game...
Counter-Strike Trolling Leads To Transgender Inclusion
Over the past few days, you might have come across a news story regarding a group of transgender women who were barred from participating in ESL’s...
Why Doesn’t Social Status Affect How You Get Money In RPGs?
In the typical RPG, your relationship with money tends to follow a certain trajectory. Regardless of social status, you usually start out broke. By...