Tag: Blizzard Entertainment

  • 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…

  • Overwatch League Skin Unlocks Have a Dumb ‘Easter Egg’

    Overwatch League Skin Unlocks Have a Dumb ‘Easter Egg’

    The first season of the Blizzard-hosted eSports tournament) Overwatch League has now begun. With it, hundreds of skins based on each League team’s colors are available for players to unlock in-game. You get one free, but the rest will cost you. When players unlock one of these Overwatch League skins, the game will play a…

  • Crumbling The Tower of Babel with Cinematic Storytelling

    Crumbling The Tower of Babel with Cinematic Storytelling

    As technology advances, video game cinematics play an increasingly important role in games with heavy narratives.  Trailers and cutscenes become a shared talking point amongst players.  An individual’s play style may vary from person to person, but the cinematics they watch remain the same – most of the time, anyway.  Sometimes, translation gets in the…