Mass Effect Foundation #1 Has Strange Art

I recently bought a Mass Effect graphic novel, Foundation #1, and although the story was a little blah, the artwork is what got me. At first it was the bobbled headed kid, but I figured, you know, not everyone can draw children well and it’s not like this is a series with a lot of …

The Problem with the IeSF Barring Women from Hearthstone

Today a bit of firestorm broke out when a post on Reddit revealed that only men can participate in Finland’s Hearthstone qualifier. It turns out this is due to The International e-Sports Federation and its policies. The problem here is that no one seems to be able to find the source of these “international sports regulations”. …

Sims 4 Buying Desire Is Now Lower

Thank you, EA/Maxis. Thank you so much! The improved build mode and Create-a-Sim options were severely tempting me towards a pre-order of The Sims 4 but your recent blog post has put the brakes on that. No pools? A Sims game without pools? That’s just crazy. It makes no sense, outside of maybe a rushed release …

Polygon and Video Game Diversity

So during E3 Ubisoft made a bit of faux pas in saying that they were unable to have female assassins in the co-op mode of Assassin’s Creed Unity because “it was really a lot of extra production work”. They were almost immediately called out on it by others in the industry and the masses. This …