Author: Trevor Hultner
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Destiny 2 Devs: Give Us the World Your Lore Describes
As Destiny 2 enters its second year, developer Bungie has promised that the game will be much darker with its next expansion, Forsaken. To demonstrate this change in tone, Bungie released a teaser trailer at E3 2018 that showed Vanguard Hunter Cayde-6 getting gunned down – permanently – by Awoken Prince Uldren Sov. Cayde’s death has already…
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Creating Meaning in Heaven Will Be Mine
Heaven Will Be Mine is a 2018 visual novel by Mia Schwartz and Aevee Bee. It is the spiritual sequel to 2016’s We Know the Devil, taking with it many of the first game’s naming conventions and decidedly queer romances while shifting the story to space in an alternate universe’s 1981. It’s a gorgeous masterpiece, and you…
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Gamegate Whining Reveals ArenaNet Spinelessness. Who’s Next?
Gamergate, that perpetual sludge of “alt-right” Nazi cosplayers, men’s rights activists and literal human goblins, is entering the fourth year of its onslaught against the video game industry. In 2018, the “movement” of living, breathing fecal matter has decided to try its hand at innovation by pretending to be concerned customers. Recently, Guild Wars 2 developer…
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Razer Tweeted a Racist Meme, Then Mocked Critics
Razer, Inc.‘s social media manager thought it would be funny to post a “Ugandan Knuckles” meme as a way of promoting its brand. In doing so, the gaming accessory company stumbled into a long, difficult conversation about bigotry in gaming. On Saturday, Razer posted the meme to Twitter, taking the opportunity to admonish its fans…
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Overwatch League’s Felix Lengyel Response Points to Systemic Problems
Felix Lengyel, a professional Overwatch player known as xQc, was suspended from the Overwatch League last week and fined $2,000. Lengyel made homophobic comments toward a competitor while on a livestream. In a statement on the Overwatch League (OWL) website, Blizzard said: As of Friday, January 19, Dallas Fuel player Félix “xQc” Lengyel is suspended…