Tag: assassin’s creed

  • Anticipated Upcoming Games Without a Straight White Male Hero

    Anticipated Upcoming Games Without a Straight White Male Hero

    Video game developers have become lazy and “safe” when it came to creating their protagonists. The straight while 30-something male image has not only gotten tired and boring, it has become alienating to minorities who play and enjoy games. So, let’s dive in to some upcoming games that celebrate diversity and allow you to play…

  • Assassin’s Creed: Origin’s Discovery Tour Mode is Great

    Assassin’s Creed: Origin’s Discovery Tour Mode is Great

    I’ve been excited for Assassin’s Creed: Origin’s Discovery Tour mode since it was first announced. Origin’s sprawling map of Ptolemaic Egypt is gorgeous, and exploring it while learning about its real world equivalent is just as good as I expected. Launching Discovery Tour drops you, as Aya, in Alexandria. The tour beings with information about…

  • Why are Gamers So Angry?

    Why are Gamers So Angry?

    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…

  • Assassin’s Creed: Origins Works Better As a Walking Simulator

    Assassin’s Creed: Origins Works Better As a Walking Simulator

    If you’re a strokey-beardy-booky wanker like myself, you may be familiar with the concept of the Apollonian and the Dionysian. Popularized by Proto-Sadboy Friedrich Nietzsche, it imagines the backbone of creative endeavors as a balancing act between order and chaos. Rationality and playfulness, clay and blood, foundational blueprints and architectural flourishes. Arguably, it’s not a…

  • Jacob Frye: The First Bisexual Assassin

    Jacob Frye: The First Bisexual Assassin

    Assassin’s Creed is an action-adventure series beloved by many, including myself.  Ever since the Ubisoft released the first game in 2007, the series has not shied away from exploring uncharted territory. In the first game, you play as a Muslim. During Brotherhood, Leonardo DaVinci comes out as a gay to Ezio and, in a DLC,…