Not going to lie, there was a lot of bad news this month.
Alex Green rounds it all up as best anyone can.
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Update Patch | August 2022 (Gamescom Edition)
This edition of Update Patch is brought to you by Kolsch, pork knuckle and big halls of sweaty gamers. But there was also plenty of other news this month outside of what happened in Germany.
Update Patch | September
September was a month of winners and losers… Actually, it was mainly a month of losers. Alex Green rounds up all of the biggest stories from the last month.
PRIDE 2021: Mass Effect Legendary Edition’s Lack of Queer Recompense Just Doesn’t Cut It
13 years on and one of the greatest series in video games still bares the scars of a bad faith right-wing campaign to remove its sexual and queer content. Mass Effect Legendary Edition should have finally mended things but James Troughton argues it just reopened old wounds.
PRIDE 2021: My Complicated Relationship With The Queer Characters of Assassin's Creed
The Assassin’s Creed franchise spans 12 main games and 17 spin-offs since 2007, so it makes sense that they have had several queer characters. Louise Chase is here to explain the series’ rocky representation and her relationship with it.
PRIDE 2021: A Brief History of Modern Trans Characters in Games
We have come a long way for the region dependant, uncertain and offensive portrayal of Poison in Street Fighter II but there is still a long way to go. As part of our month of LGBTQAI+ articles this Pride, Natalie Raine looks at eight important trans characters in modern games - from the good, to the yikes, to the “it’s complicated”.
As Graphics Improve Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Sexism Become More Clear
Horizon Forbidden West looks incredible. However, some gamers had a bad take they had to share. Once all was said and done though Louise Chase has come to feel this is indicative of a much more pervasive problem in video games.
Update Patch | April 2021
Just because no video games are coming out doesn’t mean that there wasn’t a load of news this April. Alex Green breaks the biggest stories of the month down.
Update Patch | February 2021
Controversy, Metallica, movies, bad games and Phil Harrison. February had a lot of news, so it is a good thing Alex Green has summarised all down into one nifty article for you to read.
Issy van der Velde and Changing Your Relationship With Video Games | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 has changed a lot of things for a lot of us. Issy van der Velde joins us to discuss how this year affected his relationship with games.
Oliver Barsby and Why The Last of Us Part II was Game of The Year for a Reason You Might Not Expect | Winter Spectacular 2020
The Last of Us Part II is a lot of things to a lot of people but Oliver Barsby thinks many have overlooked one of it’s best aspects.
Review | The Last of Us Part II
Spoilers abound for the year’s biggest game. It’s long, it’s messy and it’s very, very violent.