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February 17th

…week delve into the footnotes of popular games.

  • The haunted origins of Pokémon • Eurogamer.net Sara Elsam is on the watch for some Y?kai–but, err, in that other game.
  • Fortnite’s Appropriation Issue Isn’t About Copyright Law, It’s About Ethics – Waypoint Yussef Cole patiently explains why Epic should stop fucking stealing from black artists.

“Much of the discussion surrounding Epic’s appropriations is concerned with whether the lawsuits being brought by 2 Milly, Ribeiro, and others, are legally feasible; it centers the letter of the law, asking whether Epic is allowed to lift these dance

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March 15th

…DX. Like every other child I was obsessed with the first two generations of Pokémon for a long, long time, but once the Pokefever went away and I moved onto RPGs like Dragon Quest, I was more interested in the titles that she played. When Oracle of Seasons and Ages released, I played through Seasons (the more action-based one) while she worked through Ages (the more puzzle-y title), and then we swapped carts when we finished.”

Speaking of Quarantines

It was announced this week that The Last of Us would be adapted as an HBO series, and…

July 5th

…colonial production and consumption at play in games as we rev our engines for the next wave of nostalgia-laced hype for Pokémon Snap, and the next thing, and the thing after that.

  • In Focus: Rohil Aniruth – No Escape Kaile Hultner interviews artist/designer/cool person Rohil Aniruth on art, the industry, and more.
  • A Poop Called The Sea Monster – A Sludge Life Interview With Terri Vellman & Doseone | Uppercut Monti Velez chats with a pair of devs about the weird, relatable game what they done made.
  • Sexism and harassment in the games industry isn’t just about…

    • February 7th

    …Tournament Came to Be | PokéCommunity Daily Rivvon talks to professional players involved in the competitive Pokémon scene about the state and stakes of all-women competitive spaces.

  • IN THE LAND OF ENDLESS GREED | DEEP HELL Kaile Hultner reflects on an industry, a community, a party unwilling to muster itself into solidarity, into accountability (content notification for rape/harrassment/industry abuse).

    • “The night has dragged on, and there are still so many people here. Suddenly, you hear a scream. You turn around, and there is the partygoer you saw crying alone outside earlier. They are sitting on the…

    August 8th

    …hallmarks, and their place in the contemporary games landscape.

    • JRPGs Need Evolution, But Too Many Are Stuck in the Past | Fanbyte De’Angelo Epps describes the accessibility tweaks and quality-of-life updates, as well as the deeper structural shifts, that JRPGs need to embrace to thrive in contemporary gaming.
    • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Switch) Review | Video Game Choo Choo Rose finds glimpses of possibility beyond Pokémon‘s stagnating creature-collecting formula in the latest Monster Hunter spinoff.
    • Video Game Cities Are Too Convenient to Feel Real | Waypoint Gita Jackson studies how the TWEWY games

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    January 15th

    …the cross-cultural baggage of trying to fit in and resenting your own heritage. But while I lack the vocabulary to converse in important subjects like politics, it’s also impossible not to consider the politics of Cantonese being eroded by Mandarin, whether in Hong Kong’s education system, or Nintendo’s decision in 2016 to unify the names of more than 100 Pokémon but according to the Mandarin pronunciations, which disgruntled fans in Hong Kong called the erasure of “the collective memory of a generation.””

    States of Play

    This next pairing looks at games as they intersect with politics of…

    December 24th

    …game is way more than the sum of its parts—the ones who made me truly love videogames when I found my first sparkling, over-customized Zelda and Pokémon fansites back in the ’90s. That’s why I’m so glad to have them all back in one place again. The corner of fandom that used to be synonymous with Tumblr, despite the in-group strife that sometimes comes with it, is integral to gaming as a whole.”

    New-and-Recent

    Let’s pivot away from the bigger picture now for closer critical looks at recent popular releases.

    • Citizen Sleeper And The Decline…

    April 7th

    …the Binary

    Next we’ve got two picks exploring and disrupting binaries of ideology, design, and identity.

    • Black and White | Into The Spine Niki Fakhoori reflects on the moral philosophy of Pokémon‘s Gen 5.
    • Liminality: Fear of Transition | Unwinnable Kasio Dalton muses on the between and beyond in both the horror genre and in identity.

    “I enjoy liminal horror, but there can be so much more to liminality. There has to be. Transition can be overwhelming, and I’d rather not spend it perpetually anxious – there’s no need to fear transition. Yes,

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    April 14th

    …progress.”

    Community Contexts

    Next up, we’ve got three pieces each exploring different kinds and meanings of community.

    • From Bloodborne to Nightmare Kart and Pokémon’s Legal Clout: On Creative Fans Playing with Gaming IP | Medium Damien Lawardorn investigates the reflections between and across fanworks, remakes, and corporate IP.
    • Inside the quest to finish Super Mario Maker’s disappearing levels | The Verge Jay Castello chats with the team of runners who made it their mission to beat all of Super Mario Maker.
    • Chants of Sennaar and Reaching Out | cohost Jeremy Signor explores translinguistic…