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Man I’m so tiffed, nobody wants to buy my Global Game Jam game. The game is an experimental walking simulator called The Phone Call, where the gameplay solely consists of walking up and down the stairs while talking to your mother on the phone about your feelings. I’ve emailed just about every game publisher in North…

The Nintendo Switch is a great console with a surprising amount of power for a handheld, so it’s not a big surprise to see larger titles coming over to the platform. In a way, the Switch is what the Vita should have been. But since launch there has been a very noticeable trend of games…

The Overwatch League is currently male dominated, with not a single woman on any of the 12 teams’ rosters. That all might change soon, as Korean streamer Kim “Geguri” Se-yeon has reportedly said during a Twitch stream that she’s accepted an offer from a foreign team. Living in Korea, the “foreign” part likely means it’s…

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…

In an industry where queer representation leaves much to be desired, it’s tough for gender-nonconforming gamers to find characters whose gender presentation matches their own. Of course, the aesthetics of androgyny aren’t exclusive to queer folks, nor do gender-nonconforming people universally present androgynous. Whether you consider androgyny to be a part of your presentation or…

Racist, sexist tweets from Subnautica developer Simon Chylinski are met with ire from the community, but defended as ironic by him and a fellow developer. Two Years Later, Dev’s Clarify Strange Remarks In February of 2016, Unknown Worlds Game Director Charlie Cleveland posted a poll to twitter asking whether players would prefer that the developers…

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…

Steam has been on a long decline ever since the good intentioned Greenlight program. A program that failed due to having no form of moderation aside from a voting system to approve games. In their attempt to fix this issue they made Steam Direct, so that if you want to get published all you have…

Habbo Hotel is an MMO social game that was first launched in 2000 by the Finnish video game company Sulake.  Habbo was originally just created as a virtual chat room that was later then converted into a game. The gameplay of Habbo Hotel is centered around players exploring the hotel, creating their own rooms, collecting…

A Canadian man has been accused of using spambots to flood Twitch chatrooms with abusive messages. Brandon Lukas Apple, 20, faces a charge of “mischief in relation to computer data” and a civil order restraining him from creating “any robot, bot, crawler, spider, blacklisting software or other software” as a result of actions taken between…

Celeste was designed to be a challenging game. So states part of the game’s “Assist Mode.” It’s clear about developer Matt Makes Games’s intent: “difficulty is essential to the experience. We recommend playing without Assist Mode your first time.” In an interview with ID @ Xbox, the eponymous Matt asked: “What’s the point of climbing…

Unless you guessed normal, not talking Pikachu. Then yeah. You did guess it. I was so thankful  to have an opportunity to interview the one, the only (but not really the only) Pikachu. You can read the blessed words we shared bellow. Emi: So how’s life treating you Pikachu? Pikachu: Pika. Pika. Chu.   Yeah I know,…

Hey, dude raging in the voice chat, quick question: when did gaming stop being fun? No, seriously. When did the joy of playing a video game get sucked out of your life? I can tell you when it left mine. It’s when people like you started to become the loud minority of gamers that other…

I played Hidden Agenda with a fellow bisexual woman and two straight men but we were all in agreement: “Becky and Felicity are definitely banging.” That’s right, the actual hidden agenda of the game is the gay agenda. Hidden Agenda is a recent release by Supermassive Games, the developers who also made Until Dawn. It’s…

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…

Dan Salvato, developer of the indie hit Doki Doki Literature Club addressed the game’s fan base directly on Wednesday. Following a Twitter conversation with a fan who had used the t**p slur in reference to one of the game’s characters, Salvato went to Reddit to issue an official statement to the community. Both links contain transphobic…