Tag: Super Mario Odyssey
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Can You Enjoy Problematic Games and Uphold Your Values?
Because of recent events, a cultural conversation has risen about what we should do with content which is problematic. Whether it’s in regards to how it was made, by whom, or the content itself. Should we be able to enjoy this content despite our reservations about one or more of these dimensions? This is something…
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Super Mario Odyssey Continues the Series’ Struggles with Gender Politics
My first few hours with Super Mario Odyssey were really uncomfortable. In the first few minutes of the game, when Peach is being kidnapped by Bowser, he taunts Mario by saying, “Are you jealous?” My skin crawled when I heard that. The suggestion was, Mario would be going on his Odyssey because, yeah. He was…