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After recently starting Final Fantasy XIII, I decided it was time to revisit Final Fantasy X-2. Having only watched another play this game, I have long since decided never to endure a play-through on my own. With its Hannah Montana-esque plot, ridiculous costume change system and in-battle singing, watching FFX-2 effectively drained me of all wonder or concern over X's main protagonist, Tidus. more »

It often feels to me that while the racism of today, that modern racism where people only use derogatory epithets in private, in whispered jokes, or start a statement with "I'm not racist, but....," is engulfed in attempts to hide it, the heterosexism an… more »

There are some games which I don't feel the need to review and provide a feminist critique for. Ethnic Cleansing (2002) by Resistance Records is, of course, one of those games. This is the kind of game which I can't say much about because there is simply… more »

After playing Legend of Dragoon, I felt disinclined to play any other RPGs anytime soon. It's just so damn good and I can't help plugging it right now. However, I found myself bored riding the abomination that is public transportation. What could I do to pass the time and distract myself from the foul stench of urine and stale cologne and perfume and drown out the din of the person sitting right behind me screaming into their cell phone? Surely not a book as they are a pain in the ass to carry around with all of my unnecessarily heavy crap in my backpack. Not a magazine because I don't want to inspire any conversation or have person next to me who smells like macaroni for some reason reading it over my shoulder. A solution presented itself in the form of my Gameboy Advance. Since I didn't feel like returning to the Final Fantasy series, I figured I would see what I had lying around. I found Lunar Legend(2001) and figured I'd finally give it a whirl. ... more »

Not to jump on the bandwagon here, but I find myself unable to resist the urge - I need to say something about Fat Princess. Call it feminist compulsion. If you haven't already heard about this game featured at E3, it's expected to be released this spring. So far, it seems to be drawing only rave reviews. Except that, for whatever reason, feminists seem to have their bloomers in a bunch over this one. With a title like Fat Princess, however could that be the case? Reviews at IGN and Joystiq state that the gameplay is engaging, that the graphics are colorful and cool, and that the game is all-around awesome. Fat Princess is a capture-the-flag type game. At the game's start, each team has already captured the other team's princess and is holding them captive. In order to make it more difficult for your opponents to rescue their princess, your team for your opponents to rescue their princess, your team must feed their princess as much food as you can find. Why? So that she gains weight and becomes more difficult to carry off - obviously. Charming. Why can't she walk off on her own once her team infiltrates the castle? I guess because she's a princess.[video:youtube:FyEuRem5N78] So what could possibly have those feminist bloomers bunched? Ideally, I wouldn't have to answer that question. ... more »