Video Games Archives

Report: Blizzard Forbids “Okay” Symbol in Overwatch League Arena – Claims It’s a “White Power Symbol”

April 5, 2019

Blizzard has reportedly forbidden the "okay" hand symbol in the Overwatch League (OWL) Arena claiming it's a "white power symbol." Esports reporter Rod Breslau reported that "Blizzard told a fan in the Overw...

Nursing Care Worker Arrested For Threatening To Kill Square Enix Staff Over Loot Box Style Game System

Jorge Arenas

April 4, 2019

Video Games

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A 25-year-old nursing care worker was arrested after he sent an email threatening to kill the staff at Square Enix. According to Japanese website LiveDoor, the man was arrested on March 29th. The nursing car...

Eurogamer Writer Vikki Blake Compares Wheel Chair Accessibility to Video Game Difficulty

Jorge Arenas

April 2, 2019

Video Games

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Eurogamer writer Vikki Blake took to Twitter to claim that a high difficulty in video games is equivalent to restaurants not having wheel chair accessibility. Blake's initial tweet compares difficulty settin...

After Christchurch Shooting, Petition Calls for PewDiePie to Be Removed From YouTube For Normalizing “White Supremacy”

Jorge Arenas

April 1, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

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Following the terrorist attacks in New Zealand, a petition created by Maria Ruiz has called for YouTube to remove popular personality PewDiePie from the platform for normalizing "white supremacy." The petiti...

Game Critics Reviewer Calls for Deplatforming of Indie Adventure Game ‘Beat Cop’ Due To Subject Matter

Spencer Baculi

April 1, 2019

Censorship, Video Game Culture, Video Games

A video game journalist has indicated their intent to deplatform an indie title due to their own personal grievances regarding the game’s subject matter. Two years after it’s original release on Steam in Mar...

Liana Kerzner: Mortal Kombat 11’s Changes to Female Characters is “Sexist”

Jorge Arenas

March 29, 2019

Video Games

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YouTuber Liana Kerzner took NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. and Mortal Kombat 11 to task following their radical character design changes to many of their female characters. Kerner derided the changes calling...

Minecraft’s Latest Update Removes Mentions of Creator Markus “Notch” Persson From Splash Screens

Spencer Baculi

March 29, 2019

Video Games

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In a recent update to the popular game Minecraft, changes were made to remove any reference to the game’s creator from the game's splash screens. On March 27th, Mojang AB released the 19w13a snapshot update ...

Mortal Kombat 11: NetherRealm Confirms the De-Sexualization of Their Female Kombatants

Jorge Arenas

March 28, 2019

Video Games

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Mortal Kombat 11's Art Director Steve Beran confirmed the game purposely desexualized their female Kombatants. Since the reveal of Jade and other fan-favorite Mortal Kombat characters over the last few month...

Final Fantasy XIV’s Gender Locked Viera and Hrothgar Races Spark Accusations of Homophobia and Sexism

Spencer Baculi

March 27, 2019

Video Games

In the wake of the announcement that two new races would be coming to the popular MMO Final Fantasy XIV, some fans have taken issue with both race’s gender-locked restrictions. On March 22nd, Final Fantasy X...

Anime Matsuri Announces Devil May Cry V Voice Actor Reuben Langdon as Guest!

John F. Trent

March 25, 2019

Video Games

Anime Matsuri announced Devil May Cry 5 voice actor Reuben Langdon would be attending the convention as a guest. Langdon recently provided voice work as well as motion capture on Devil May Cry 5 as Dante. He's ...