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Ubisoft Exec says “Women Don’t Sell Games;” They do!

Ubisoft is getting a right good kicking of late, for all the right reasons. If you’ve been living under a rock, the company has copped about a dozen sexual misconduct and harassment claims in the last three or so weeks. Now, following…

How Lovecraftian is Apostle (2018), anyway?

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Apostle, images of violence and blood, and mentions of racism. Many a horror fan and purveyor of all things cosmic and monster-kind, has reached the point in their fandom life of disavowing H.P. Lovecraft. Not all…

Gaming Isn’t A Waste, It Is Escapism

Twitter is just a place for incendiary comments, shouting headlines at each other, and a complete lack of nuanced “debate.” Speaking as Phenixx Gaming’s social media manager for Twitter, it is a horrible place full of bile and hatred by people who…

Gamer Girl: Where “Empathy Games” Don’t Work

Warning: This article contains mentions of stalking, abuse, and sexual harassment. On July 16th, FMV Future and Wales Interactive released a trailer for their upcoming full-motion video game, Gamer Girl. This announcement was quickly met with considerable backlash regarding the worrying and…

David’s Thoughts on Civ VI’s New Frontier Pass DLC 1

Folks, I’m sure it’s no secret by this point that I absolutely adore virtually everything about Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. That’s why I was so ecstatic when my good friend and colleague here at Phenixx Gaming, Alexx, was recently kind enough to…

Women and Queerness in Horror: Single White Female

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Single White Female, as well as discussions of ableism, homophobia, sex and violence, sexual assault, and animal abuse/death. Over the past two weeks, I’ve looked at movies I’ve had pretty positive things to say about for…

Super Mario 64 Vs. Banjo Kazooie

In the late 90s, platformers were king as the genre captivated a generation new to the flashy three dimensions presented to them. Super Mario 64 stormed out of the gate, with plenty of imitators not being able to capture the same magic.…

Stop Giving Me Meaningless Gender Choices

I cannot shut up about diversity and inclusivity in video games, ever. Given half the chance, I will happily explain to you why that single-player main character is secretly gay or bisexual when textually there’s absolutely no evidence to suggest they’re anything…

Women and Queerness in Horror: CAM

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Cam. Recently, I finally got around to watching Cam. I have a lot to say about this movie, but my biggest takeaway is that I absolutely loved it. Isa Mazzei’s script is confronting and thought-provoking while…

Death In The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance

This article contains major spoilers for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. It also contains discussions and descriptions of death and suicide. For a family-friendly Netflix show, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the 2019 prequel show to the 1982 movie, has…