Anita Sarkeesian tackles the "damsels in distress" trope as it appears–widely!–in video games. The inevitable sideshow: angry Internet men managed (briefly) to get YouTube to remove the video.
The Damsel in Distress, game edition
Have you used a button-only arcade controller?
I didn't understand the fad for button-only arcade controllers. It alarmed and frightened me, like the first time I looked at the Billboard music top 10 and didn't recognize the… READ THE REST
Listen to Chris Judge explain how God of War's Kratos has changed over the years
The modern God of War franchise is nothing like its previous incarnation. Although both iterations of the game feature Kratos as the series' ruthless protagonist, the original version of God of War was definitely… READ THE REST
The cobble_stone texture that graced so many games.
Play a game from the early 3D era of games and cobble_stone may well lurk somewhere in the blurmapped angles. Here's a history of the vastly overused texture and an… READ THE REST
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Easily master languages on Babbel for $149 for a limited time only
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