"Where is all the good writing about games?"
How are queer themes, issues, and identities represented in games? How are they omitted or excluded?
Welcome back readers. I know there’s plenty of distracting news right now about buffoonish fascists who can’t seem to follow quarantine protocols during a pandemic, but it’s not the real news. I also know this opening section used to be a breezy…
Welcome back, readers. It’s been a week, huh. Anyways, in the face of enough constant societal and political upheavals to give anybody whiplash and then motion sickness, I’m once again this week going to plug BlackGameDevs, a website and resource that collects…
Welcome back, readers. This week I’m plugging BlackGameDevs, a website and resource that collects information on Black creators who do all the things that go into making games. I know developers read our site, so if you’re looking for talent for your…
Welcome back, readers. First things first, here’s a list of national and local bail funds supporting anti-racial-injustice protesters across the US. Local support is just as important as, if not more so than, national support! Around the site, we’ve got a new…
Welcome back, readers. This week I’d like to start by directing your attention to The Okra Project, which supports Black Trans people with home-cooked meals and resources! Check them out. Around the web, Heterotopias has a new issue, with a theme of…
Welcome back, readers. I’ll direct you again to begin with our usual starting point. Keep active resistance to anti-Black fascism going by supporting those on the front lines. Also, the Itch bundle supporting Black trans artists is still live! Go get it…
Welcome back, readers. First, our usual starting point. You may not be reading about the protests against anti-Black police brutality in the headlines as often these days, but they go on. No justice, no peace. Second, did you see our new Critical…
Welcome back, readers. First off, police still haven’t been defunded yet, and most officers who have killed Black people behind the cover of a badge are still free, so here are some links to start your day: Donate to The Bail Project…
Welcome back, readers. I spent time last week and this week trying to think through how to draw a thread between critical games discourse and the now-worldwide protests against anti-Black police violence/brutality/murder–of George Floyd, of many, many other victims of the systemic…
Welcome back, readers. Uppercut is cool. That is all. Some updates from around the site: Connor’s latest TMIVGV is live! Please keep sending cool games-related video content his way via the hashtag #TMIVGV. Also, if you missed it last week, the first…