Author: Keenan McCall
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Madden 19’s Colin Kaepernick Censorship Didn’t Need to Happen
There’s censorship and controversy that are drummed up in poor taste, and then there’s the scrubbing of Colin Kaepernick’s name from a track in Madden 19. In case you haven’t heard about the latest controversy centered around the former football player, it’s been revealed that a lyric from a song included in the latest installment…
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How The Sims Became a Champion for LGBTQ Representation in Gaming
When talking about The Sims, an adjective that could very accurately describe it is influential. The follow-up project to creator Will Wright’s SimCity, the game was something that had never been tried before: an intimate simulation of real life where the player can act as either caretaker or doom-bringer for the characters in their charge.…
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Super Lesbian Animal RPG Is A Treasure In The Making
No, you read that right. Super Lesbian Animal RPG is an actual game in development. Now, this should be said straight away. If the title alone has triggered you with its promise of same sex relationships among anthropomorphic animals, you’re going to have a bad time. Seriously, stop reading right now and go back to…
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5 Times Gamers Killed Goku in Dragon Ball Z Games
There are philanthropists for a number of different causes; including, as it turns out, killing Dragon Ball Z’s protagonist Goku. Fighting game player and streamer Lee “Lythero” Geary revealed in a Twitter post that one generous patron, Kyle Kilby, donates money to the streamer for every Goku the player kills in his Dragon Ball FighterZ…
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Bravo, Coffee Stain Studios, For Raising The Gender Equality Bar In Game Development
For a second, let’s acknowledge that there are people who will be angry that Coffee Stain Studios is taking action to address gender imbalance in game development. Let’s acknowledge that some people will be up in arms that the creators of Goat Simulator, a dark horse indie hit that succeeded by breaking standard development conventions, have…
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The Gaming Community Can’t Stay Silent On The Logan Paul Controversy
To those in the gaming community at large; let’s be frank about the Logan Paul controversy. After creating a Vlog which showed him and some friends reacting to the body of a suicide victim in Japan’s Aokigahara, better known as the Suicide Forest in popular culture, there was a much deserved blacklash against Paul and…