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Some scholars consider collecting to be creative play… which would explain my completionist tendencies in gaming—and Pokémon as a phenomenon.
GYGO: Everybody’s Getting Sued
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Character Creators, Fatness, Gender, Body Horror, and Me
When character creators are constrained by normative ideas of what a body can be, they limit players’ options for experimentation and immersion.
April Roundtable: Why Are So Many Of These Questions About Mario?
Is Mario a human man? Is Toad’s situation a hat, or his head? Why orcs hot??? These questions and more answered, definitively, for you.
GYGO: New Old Games
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5 Reasons Rune Factory 5 Should Bring Back Love Rivals
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On Hades and Fatherhood
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GYGO: Hardware, Software, Everywhere
In this week’s gaming news: hardware and software updates, Amazon struggles with gaming, and Discord’s changing treatment of NSFW content.
Let Me Tell You About My OC: The Shared Anxieties of a Long-Time Storyteller
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