Tag: representation

  • Soldier 76, Gay Icon

    Soldier 76, Gay Icon

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    Blizzard recently brought Soldier: 76 out of the closet. A new short story, Bastet, brings new lore about two fan favorites, Ana and Jack Morrison (or Soldier: 76). This comes a little over two years after Tracer was the first Overwatch character to become canonically LGBT+. In this story, it’s revealed that Jack gave up a life…

  • Ashe Announcement Means More of the Same

    Ashe Announcement Means More of the Same

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    The creative team at Blizzard Entertainment has done it again! Announced at Blizzcon, a new character is joining the Overwatch roster. Elizabeth Caledonia “Calamity” Ashe (what a name) is the 29th hero. She’s a snarky, badass lady. She founded the Deadlock Gang and rules by the policy “her way or the highway.” She gives more…

  • The Reaction To Life is Strange 2 Has Been Ridiculous

    The Reaction To Life is Strange 2 Has Been Ridiculous

    The first episode of Life is Strange 2 took a particularly honest view of racism and racial issues. The reaction to it has mainly been positive. However, the plot of the game has also brought some bizarre reactions. Especially compared with the successful of the very safe prequel. There has been the usual boycotts and complaints…

  • Spider-Man Problems: NYPD, Break-Ups, and Triad Gangs

    Spider-Man Problems: NYPD, Break-Ups, and Triad Gangs

    Spider-Man has had a such huge impact in the half a week its been out, its inspired pretty much every hot take going. Many of these have upset one side of the spectrum or the other. Quite a few have been ridiculous, like discussion over the World trade Centre Tribute or the absent Trump Tower. Others…

  • How to Fix Polly Bendleson’s Representation in HuniePop 2

    How to Fix Polly Bendleson’s Representation in HuniePop 2

    In a recent video HuniePop 2 announced the addition of a character that had been asked for quite a bit. A trans girl named Polly Bendleson and I was excited at first. But over the course of the video they focused heavily on her genitals and how she has a penis. Shame on me for…

  • Fat-Shaming in Villain Design

    Fat-Shaming in Villain Design

    The problem of fat-shaming stems from many places. First and foremost, it comes from the alarmist tendencies of reporting on the “obesity epidemic.” It comes from doctors seeking money from pharmaceutical companies, prescribing weight loss medications, cholesterol medications, and various procedures to people who typically do not even need them. It comes from a lack…

  • How Breath of the Wild Failed Princess Zelda and Representation

    How Breath of the Wild Failed Princess Zelda and Representation

    The most recent incarnation of Zelda will not be included in the Smash Bros Ultimate roster, because she is ‘not much of a fighter’. This is a fair estimation of the character, which reflects how Breath of The Wild failed Zelda and representation. Characters in the game are varying in their development, but Zelda really suffered. What…

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance Still Fails to Deliver Representation

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance Still Fails to Deliver Representation

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance is coming out this month. That struck me as sort of weird, given that February is Black History Month, and Deliverance has failed utterly to include any people of color (PoC) in their white man power fantasy game. Surely, a development team that touts itself as being dedicated to “historical accuracy” in their game…

  • Catherine: Bad Representation Made Worse

    Catherine: Bad Representation Made Worse

    Catherine is getting a remake and adding new content, which sounds really cool considering it’s an additional storyline. The mood is soured when you remember how transphobic Catherine is, and it looks like it’s being made worse with the addition of this new storyline. The new story involves Rin a new romance option for the lead…

  • The Amazing LGBTQ Representation of Night In The Woods

    The Amazing LGBTQ Representation of Night In The Woods

    Night in the Woods rolls with themes that pretty much any modern LGBTQIA individual can relate to. Feelings of isolation, distance, depression, and (for some of us) immaturity. A lot of us hide who we are for so long that we don’t get to experience our younger years the way we should have. When society…

  • Birdo : Gaming’s First Transgender Character

    Birdo : Gaming’s First Transgender Character

    As time goes on we’re seeing more and more transgender and LGBTQIA game characters introduced to the world. When LGBTQIA people are included in some sort of media people are often quick to pick it apart and figure out whether the representation is positive, realistic, and helpful or whether it has harmful implications, misinformation, or hate.…

  • The Difficulties Of Being A Transgender Livestreamer

    The Difficulties Of Being A Transgender Livestreamer

    If you’ve read my bio or the title, I guess, you’re aware that I’m a transgender woman and an active livestreamer. But it’s not always easy doing both of those things. There are a few things some of us have to put up with. These problems are why somedays I don’t even want to turn…

  • Queerly Represent Me Showcases LGBTQ+ Games

    Queerly Represent Me Showcases LGBTQ+ Games

    Happy Pride Month! There’s no better time to play some games with LGBTQ+ characters – but how to find them? You would be forgiven for thinking that there are very few options available and, of course, there truly aren’t enough. But there are probably more than you think. In fact, according to Queerly Represent Me,…

  • Happy Birthday Overwatch: A Look Back

    Happy Birthday Overwatch: A Look Back

    On May 24, Overwatch celebrates its first anniversary. And it’s been a hell of a year. The game has been front and centre in major industry talking points without pause: sexualisation, diversity, harassment, fan culture, Doing It Right™ versus getting away with its continued failures, and, of course, a deluge of memes. In short, Overwatch has…

  • The Hypocrisy of our Love of Sheik: A Character to be Seen and Not Heard

    The Hypocrisy of our Love of Sheik: A Character to be Seen and Not Heard

    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, wasn’t a very popular game in my social group. The Scottish kids I grew up with were more interested in soccer, boy-girl pop groups, and Furbys. As such, I never really heard the name ‘Zelda’ being thrown around. [SPOILERS For Breath of the Wild, Ocarina of Time, and…

  • Why We Need a Bigger Feminist Let’s Play Community

    Why We Need a Bigger Feminist Let’s Play Community

    If there’s one thing that I wish there was more of on YouTube, it’d be more feminism, specifically within the Let’s Play community. There are many Let’s Players out there who have called themselves feminists, or at least hold some feminist values, but imagine a video game channel that was dedicated purely to feminist discourse…