American McGee tried to make a new Alice game, Alice: Asylum. However, despite having his name on the box, Electronic Arts owns the series, and they won’t let him make it. Let’s talk about licenses, intellectual property, and what I like to call “IP hoarding.” #Alice #americanmcgeesalice #ElectronicArts #MetalArms #Activision…
Resident Evil 4 Remake just got itself some lovely new microtransactions, even though it launched a few weeks ago. This is bad. People are trying to argue it isn’t, but it is. Remember, there are NO good microtransactions. Let’s look at what Capcom pulled and explain how this sucks. #ResidentEvil4…
Riiiiidge Racer! It’s time for an extreeeeme episode, and you won’t need to spend 599 US dollars to watch it! Make sure your body is ready, because it’s time to talk about the cancellation of E3 2023 and look back at a show that brought the gaming cringe like no…
It’s the last day of the eShop’s functionality on the 3DS and Wii U. With its closure, some truly great games will be lost forever. Bye Bye Boxboy! Join me as we take a look back at one of the best handheld systems in the realm. I mean, it’s sad…
Whenever you use premade assets for your work, you run the risk of buying in good faith something that was sold in bad faith. This is what the makers of Bleak Faith: Forsaken found out recently. Today, the new PCW Women’s Champion talks about assets, plagiarism, and a little side…
Accessibility is all the rage these days, and that’s a good thing. Well, unless you’re a gatekeeping elitist, in which case you’re feeling a different kind of rage. Let’s have a chat about how accessibility is good for everyone, and why a game like Final Fantasy XVI enforcing “gamer pride”…
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has sparked a discussion over the term JRPG, and how it makes certain Japanese developers uncomfortable due to its history of negativity. As someone currently on an RPG kick, I’m finding the debate pretty fascinating. As the corn in the basement cries, let’s discuss…
AI generated art is all the rage right now, but have you noticed it’s been sold with the same techbro evangelicalism that tried to shove NFTs down our throats? I’m hardly surprised, as both of these grifts have the same endgame – cutting artists out of the commercialization of art….
What? YES! With thanks to The Stupendium, Ashens, Lilith Walther, Simon Miller, Cypher of Tyr, Stacy Cay, Benji, Jonathan Holmes, and The FreaKshow for their kind contributions!
J.K. Rowling is a transphobe who uses the success of Harry Potter to claim her vile views are justified. Hogwarts Legacy is a game that supports and benefits her, and as a trans person I really need to talk about that, the trolls rallying around it, and the “allies” who…
This past week saw a whole pile of live services – including Rumbleverse – shut their doors. This follows Square Enix closing a whole bunch of similar games, and the overall trend of “games-as-a-service” falling apart. Who called it? This girl called it! #LiveService #Rumbleverse #SquareEnix #Online #BattleRoyale #Mobile #Money…
The tech industry is seeing massive layoffs, with Microsoft alone jettisoning 10,000 people in the face of slow growth. The key word there is “growth.” Microsoft isn’t losing money, but people are losing jobs because it ain’t making money fast enough. This is supposed to be reasonable It’s high time…
