Fashion in Final Fantasy: Magical Girls, Skimpy Armor, and Modeling

Fashion in Final Fantasy: Magical Girls, Skimpy Armor, and Modeling

Anybody who has ever sided with the cute weapon over the more powerful one knows that looking cute is just as much a part of having fun gaming as taking down enemies. But one series exemplifies this more than any other: Final Fantasy. (more…)

Final Fantasy Meets Louis Vuitton in Recent Collaboration

Customization is Not New: Hoping for More in Star Wars Battlefront

An image of a light-skinned brown-haired man in homespun clothes. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda, 2011

Skyrim Character Creation by Braclo

NPR’s recent interview with Star Wars Battlefront producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir would have you believe that the game offers new, fresh, innovative character customization, and that it is incredibly intentional. Well, as many of the commentors have pointed out, this is nothing really new. Several of them have accused NPR of running an ad in the form of an interview, given how unimpressive this angle is in the face of all of the other reviews of the game. (more…)

Why I Game: Because I Love Them

Why I Game: Because I Love Them

The end of August contained a couple of the worst weeks of my life in about three years. It was surprising, just how awful they were. It was a whole combination of things: I had been working a lot for the past four months with no holidays, I was worried about a number of personal things, and then I received the news that my grandmother had died. (more…)