Alyssa Wejebe
Alyssa Wejebe writes about games, reads about games, and plays them too. RPG, hack-and-slash, and fighting games are some of her favorite genres. She loves nonhuman characters. One of her earliest gaming memories center around battling her grandmother and younger brothers in “Super Bomberman 2” on the SNES.
From Fan Art to Film Crew: RJ Palmer Talks Detective Pikachu
The recent quality and appeal of CG-heavy films like the upcoming Cats, and Disney's remakes of The Lion King and Aladdin have been called...
Women in Gaming: Borderlands 3 Mission Designer Kate Pitstick
In the veritable shadow of larger-than-life statues of new Borderlands 3 characters at E3 2019, mission and level designer Kate Pitstick got to see...
Equipping Your Emotions in Crystar
Though action RPG Crystar is already available in its native Japan, it will be heading to North America and Europe later this month. Along...
A Community’s Lifespan in Dialect: A Game About Language and How...
Embodying the spirit of encompassing all gaming, the IndieCade showcase at E3 2019 featured tabletop games too. This included Thorny Games’ Dialect: A Game...
#Voices4Devs: Voice Actors Give Online Support for Game Unionization
As more people working in video games try to form their own union, they’ve recently gotten another burst of online support. Apparently starting on...
Classic Dragon Ball Antagonist Cell Finds New Life in Games
Dragon Ball FighterZ has been phenomenally well-received on a wide scale, sparking the interest of long-time franchise fans, the general fighting game community, the...
Videl in Dragon Ball FighterZ: Blasting Past the Glass Ceiling to...
Like many things, Dragon Ball and its shonen genre have a history of male-heavy casts with an emphasis on action. The most featured characters...
Going Out For VR with Alien: Descent
While virtual reality—or VR—seems to be gaining ground, I honestly haven’t seen the appeal of it. I like games, but haven’t felt the desire...
The Raccoon Who Lost Their Shape: Metaphorically Rejecting Discrimination
Cliqist recently highlighted The Raccoon Who Lost Their Shape, a quirky occult game about the eponymous Raccoon and their ability to communicate with the...
No Romance in BioWare’s Anthem Could Open New Doors
BioWare games have been marked with a variety of romance options, ranging from getting together with Dorian in the Dragon Age series,...
Conquering the Cyber Kingdom: Analyzing Bowsette
On Sept. 19, Twitter user haniwa (@ayyk92) posted a fan comic whose conclusion focused on a blonde woman with horns, a visual mix of official...
Women in Gaming: Dona Bailey, Co-Creator of Centipede
Centipede is a classic arcade title in video game history, a critical hit for Atari that helped bring video games even further into the...