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GDC 2018: Playism and Yume Nikki: Dream Diary

Laguna Levine - March 26, 2018

The creator of the Clocktower series, Hifumi Kono, has returned with another horror game, this time on Kickstarter with Project Scissors : NightCry.

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Project Scissors: NightCry Should be Amazing, So Why Does it Look...

Marcus Estrada - January 30, 2015

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Honest Mental Health and Night in The Woods
Video Games don’t have a fantastic record of depicting mental health. The increasing attention on plot focused games has shown the medium is pretty far behind. As well as fantastic LGBT representation, Night in The Woods depicts mental health in an honest and relatable way. It makes the characters seem real, while still not defined by […]
Gamegate Whining Reveals ArenaNet Spinelessness. Who’s Next?
Gamergate, that perpetual sludge of “alt-right” Nazi cosplayers, men’s rights activists and literal human goblins, is entering the fourth year of its onslaught against the video game industry. In 2018, the “movement” of living, breathing fecal matter has decided to try its hand at innovation by pretending to be concerned customers. Recently, Guild Wars 2 developer […]
The Sexism Problem Gaming Won’t Let Go
You have likely heard of the controversy involving Elias Viglione. The indie developer of Hero Siege recently went on a sexist rant on Twitter that lead to a huge backlash from the gaming community. The kerfuffle led Elias to release an apology that blamed his sexism on, among other things, being drunk and having temperament issues. […]
Where’s Gaming’s Direct Action Movement?
There’s no question that Bully Hunters was a shitshow through and through. Sold as a gang of skilled vigilantes that would enter online games and e-kill shit-talking pests, it turned out to be just as flawed in execution as it was in concept. As sad as getting back at an in-game annoyance by handing them […]
Catching Kitties, Abstract Art & Monitoring the Market: Inside Jam for Change 2018
Jam for Change was a game jam that took place during London Games Festival on Saturday 7th and Sunday the 8th of April. It was an event in support of the charity women’s aid, who provide services and give and help to women and children who are victims of violence and domestic abuse. Anyone could […]

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GDC 2018: Playism and Yume Nikki: Dream Diary

Project Scissors: NightCry Should be Amazing, So Why Does it Look...