Hi everybody! Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out! I’ve been doing nothing but playing it! Lots of other things happened this week but they’re not important! Just kidding, I’ll talk about them also! I’m just so excited about Animal Crossing and its amazing power to make all the chaos of the outside world simply melt away! Nothing could possibly be wrong, everything’s fine on my island! Speaking of Animal Crossing: (more…)
Emily Durham is a freelance writer by day and a Sidequest copyeditor by… also day. When they’re not editing or playing with cats, you can find them playing Celeste or Hollow Knight, sewing korok cosplays, or… playing with cats. You can find their tweets at @sedimentalvalue.
Happy Wednesday! Get Your Game On is a round-up of gaming news every Wednesday. What games are you playing lately? Do you have thoughts about video games, tabletop games, or game-related media—comics based on games? Fashion based on games? Casual cosplay?—that you’ve been itching to write? Consider pitching us!(more…)
Writer at Sidequest and WWAC; past: Newsarama, Comicosity, executive editor of Kollaboration. I’ve watched over 200 hours of Life is Strange playthroughs. Talk to me about LiS, The Last of Us, and the games and fandoms you love! Twitter: @loudlysilent
Ahoy, gamers of all genders! It’s me again, your snarky games pirate, here to take you out to the vast gaming sea. This last week was the Game Developers Conference (known better as GDC), and thus, several of the news tidbits gathered here today are big announcements from big companies selling big new things. (more…)
Emily Durham is a freelance writer by day and a Sidequest copyeditor by… also day. When they’re not editing or playing with cats, you can find them playing Celeste or Hollow Knight, sewing korok cosplays, or… playing with cats. You can find their tweets at @sedimentalvalue.
Happy Wednesday! What games are you playing lately? Like apparently most of the world, I’m playing Fortnite (more on that below). I’m also continuing Hitman, which stands out among games I’ve played for its sheer number of ways you can complete quests. I also played Life is Strange: Before the Storm‘s “Farewell” episode. Taking place five years before the events of the original Life is Strange, it reunites Ashly Burch and Hannah Telle’s emotive acting for one final, heartbreaking story.
Writer at Sidequest and WWAC; past: Newsarama, Comicosity, executive editor of Kollaboration. I’ve watched over 200 hours of Life is Strange playthroughs. Talk to me about LiS, The Last of Us, and the games and fandoms you love! Twitter: @loudlysilent
Hello, gaming lovelies! Hopefully, you’re all well rested and looking forward to a weekend of gaming. For those celebrating Easter, the the egg hunt is a light and fluffy way to get in some family gaming. Consider bringing along Dixit or Killer Bunnies for the perfect lamb cake accompaniment.
All the awards: Are indies starting to get the recognition they deserve?
With the phenomenal success of the mobile game Her Story, nominated across the game aisle of AAA vs indies, is just one of the titles of note this year. Smaller development teams with seasoned AAA game veterans are like Psyonix with Rocket League and Moon Studios with Ori and the Blind Forest are making their way into mainstream visibility.
Speaking of indies: Steam Greenlight games to check out
This week, these two games have caught my eye. The point-and-click, Ten Weeks by Leafthief is a short narrative game about dealing with neurological illness. Although the game is already available for download through Itch.Io and Game Jolt, but the potential audience through Steam would be a huge plus. For more info on the game and how to vote, check out the game’s Steam Greenlight page.
My second pitch is for Wako Factory’s 2D side scrolling Samurai Riot. I know, I know, yet another 2D side scroller. I feel like everywhere I turn nowadays, there they are. Stay with me. Several things caught my attention with Samurai Riot. It’s a cooperative game where the choices of both characters affect the story and you can play as a cool female character. I also like the vibe from the game studio’s site and the fact that there are women on the team. Want to support the game with your vote, check out their Steam Greenlight page.
Clash of Queens Press Release: Designed for female players?
Yesterday, I came across the recent press release for the mobile game Clash of Queens. The game was released back in January as a complement to ELEX’s Clash of Kings game, but for some reason, a new PR has made it out into the world. It’s an awkward piece and I’ve reread it multiple times trying to decode paragraphs like
“It’s well known that most Real Time Strategy Games focus on male players. The reason is that compared with male players, female players are more likely to just farm in a peaceful place, train lots of troops and be a famous and beautiful farmer. Therefore most developers are more willing to develop a game in which male characters are intrepid and female characters dress revealingly; complex operations and supreme status are also featured to attract male players.”
There are so many assumptions in this one paragraph alone that it’s hard to believe it was written in 2016. I most certainly do not want to be a famous, beautiful farmer, thank you very much. Granted, I can see they’re trying to say why they created Clash of Queens, but it comes out all wrong. Further down it talks about bright pink chat boxes, cute elves and “simple but interesting” ways to enjoy the game. Again still, trying to remain positive, maybe it’s language translation barrier or maybe I’m not the audience for the game. Either way, it highlights to me one of the dangers of the dividing folks into the Girl Gamer vs Gamer bucket. Hey, we’re all gamers here.
That’s it for this week, gaming lovelies! Until next week, happy gaming!
Community builder, artist, convention organizer, gamer, geek writer Women Write About Comics and Sidequest. Product Maven at Almost a Game. Owner, Bittenby Studios.
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