[Originally posted on Medium Difficulty] She said “my love.” I know she did! I didn’t dream it—at least I think I didn’t. It’s quite natural really: her Kingdom’s conquered, she has nothing, no one to protect her. She needs me! I can see it in the way she looks at me. All I’d have to do … Continue reading “You Presume Too Much”: Love and Sex in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
I’d like to expand on some of what I’ve said in my article for The Border House on sexism in a scene of Breath of Fire 4 (“Sexism and Power Dynamics in Breath of Fire IV.” The Border House. Mar 13 2013). In the scene, a main character, Nina, must work for a minor character, … Continue reading Deconstructing Another Castle: How the Damsel in Distress Trope Fails to Move Plots
[Originally posted on The Border House] Recently, I’ve started replaying Breath of Fire 4, a game I remember affectionately. Like many, my video game diet growing up was rich in JRPGs and, while the genre tends to offer little more than empty carbs anymore, it’s fun and enlightening to go back to the apotheoses of … Continue reading Sexism and Power Dynamics in Breath of Fire 4
[Originally posted on PopMatters] Leene’s bell chimes three times from the town square and a teenage adventurer is awakened by his mother, a cadet at Skyloft’s knight academy throws together his belongings and dashes to his practicum, a busty archeologist hones her skills on an obstacle course in the gardens while her gremlin of a … Continue reading Where the Heart Is: The Use of Home in Videogames
[originally posted on PopMatters] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 is the hardest kind of game to review. Not because it’s especially bad (although it is), it’s because there’s so little substance to comment on that there’s nothing really to say about it. Playing through it is as if the memory-erasing light from Men … Continue reading Review: Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2
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