Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Feminist Blog
When my fiance and I bought Borderlands last year, we fell in love. The artwork, the music, the game play, the wit and humor, the oh so annoying but lovable Claptrap…it was brilliantly coordinated. We are now playing through both Borderlands and Borderlands 2 to gear up for the upcoming Borderlands: Pre-Sequel. In the world… Read More
Analogue: A Hate Story is a thoughtful and unique visual novel style game. It tells the story of an extinct empire, including murder, love, transhumanism, LGBTQ issues, feudal politics, loneliness and a girl surviving in a strongly enforced misogynistic society. Created by Christine Love, this Joseon Dynasty-inspired story is in my top list of beautiful games… Read More
Harvest Moon is a long-standing farm simulation series starting in 1996 with the Game Boy release Harvest Moon. Since then it has released a stream of Harvest Moon games, a collection of spin-offs, including the successful series Rune Factory, and an online social network game for the Japanese market. Each Harvest Moon is largely the… Read More
The gaming realm is rather daunting if you’re a female. You are assailed with sexist jokes if you dare to play online, you have to choose mostly between male characters or female characters made only to please the eye, and you have to listen to developers such as the now infamous Ubisoft statement that creating females… Read More
Her Story Arc 