“What Remains of Edith Finch” is Trying to Break Your Heart
You are sure that you are marching each Finch toward their death, and you want to do something different, but these stories have already been written.
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Four Totally Weirdo Apps That Are Useful and Fun
The world can only be described with that upside down smiley face emoji; here are some apps that make like the 20th century Dadaist movement had smartphones.
“Prey” Has It All: Scary Space Monsters and A Canonically Queer Female Protagonist
I died a lot of times! I also collected every piece of trash I ever saw, turned myself into a bottle of whiskey to sneak into a narrow doorway, and accidentally recycled a few crew members into organic materials. I regret maybe that last thing, but very little else. This is a good game.
Making Imaginary Wine While The World Burns
Taking on a virtual vineyard in “Terroir” turned out to be the best way to cope with 2017.
“Little Nightmares” Is Full of Grown-Up Terror
So basically, in summary, they took all the things you were afraid of as a child and they made a four-hour-long game that I recommend.
Four Affordable Games with Weird, Escapist Worlds For Escaping To
These games were low or no-cost investments for me that have yielded hours of forgetting exactly how bad things are right now.
Add Queer & Trans Developers to One 52-Hour Train Ride, Get Rad Inclusive Games
Whether through choices in game design or getting to know other queer attendees, many of us found Train Jam to be an amazing opportunity to express our identities, learn new skills, and build valuable community.
“Everything” Is a Video Game, Maybe
“You have to wonder which things came and went while you were busy being Saturn and now you maybe won’t have a chance to be them ever at all.”
8 More Women Gamers on YouTube and Twitch
Because you can never have a stable of too many awesome folks making video game videos without the heaping dose of toxic masculinity.
“Ladykiller in a Bind” Is the Surprise Love Story I Didn’t Know I Needed
Think of the 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie Motocrossed without the bikes and plus a whole lot of kink.
11 Women Gamers Who Let You Watch Along on YouTube and Twitch
You never have to watch a cis white dude play video games again.
“Night in the Woods”: Come for the Spooky Friendship, Stay for the Story
It’s nothing more than a story, which I don’t think I have to tell you is potentially the biggest best thing there is. Play it. Spooky friendship. Just play it.
“Mass Effect: Andromeda” Is A Decent Game With Good Hot Nerds For Banging
“We take the role of Ryder, who is a far cry from Commander Shepard. She’s young and untried, great at sudoku but bad at flirting. She’s awkward and not entirely ready for command. She never quite carries that mantle of authority we got used to with Shepard, but when she earns the respect of her crew it feels genuine and nice. I like her. She’s a good hot nerd.”
Mass Effect Characters, Ranked By Prominence In My Sexual Fantasies
You’ve got five day to catch up on Mass Effect before Andromeda comes out. Might be time to quit your job.
“Horizon Zero Dawn” Is a Surprisingly Beautiful Apocalypse
The story never exactly surprised me, but the way it unfolds made it seem more inevitable than predictable. To stop the new world from ending, you need to find out how the old one ended, and the answer is: horribly, preventably, and sadly. Really really sadly.
Four Soothing Games for When You Need to Plug In and Chill Out
Games with pretty graphics and awesome sound design that go nicely with tea and relaxation.
“Stardew Valley” Gave Me and My Sister a Chance To Swoon Over Girls Together for the First Time in Our Gay Lives
Video games are cool because they let you conquer and vanquish evil the way you wish you could in the real world. They’re cool because they show you a world that could have been, and a world where it’s just okay to be.
“Inside” Fights Its Way Through Man-Baby Corpses and Into Your Nightmares
The game is wonderful and engaging and beautiful and, primarily, disturbing as all get ou
Handväska! For When You Just Need To Hit Some Virtual Nazis With a Purse
And all the profits from this game are going to CUNY-CLEAR right now, too.
“Nurse Love Addiction” Is An Adorable Queer Nightmare
“There are mysteries, superpowers, violence, cosplay, and potentially even some romantic cannibalism if you make the wrong (right?) choices.”