At The Mary Sue, Becky Chambers deconstructs, “The Hey Sweetheart Scenario” or how games respond to female characters in game. “We’re seeing more games with gender customization, armor is getting more and more reasonable by the year, and female characters are no longer exclusively sidekicks or support classes. […]
Our good friends at Pornokitsch presented the 2011 Kitsches this weekend, click through for more and congratulations to the winners and to Pornokitsch for an amazing event!
Part 1 of Stephen Colbert’s interview with Maurice Sendak. And here’s part 2, in which Colbert teaches Sendak to huff markers.
Our good friends at Pornokitsch have released the shortlist of finalists for the Kitschies’ Red Tentacle award and have an in depth look at one of the Finalists, The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington. “The Red Tentacle is awarded annually to the novel containing speculative or fantastic […]
Glitterdust has some suggestions for art in Dungeons and Dragons publications. “And you can argue, if you like, that this is just the opinion of a privileged white guy. Because, y’know, it is. I’m not a woman, I’m not a minority, and my only disability is depression. But […]
At Wired, GeekDad takes a look at the impending launch of a fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons so soon after a fourth: “For the past few years, starting with the very announcement of 4E and the Virtual Tabletop debacle, Wizards has been very poor at communicating honestly […]
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The Cultural Gutter 