Tag Archives: transphobia

What Is, What Should Be: An Open Letter to David Gaider

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Megan Townsend

Dear Mr. Gaider, The following is a response to your blogpost regarding Trans* characters in the Dragon Age games. Let me begin by stating my position. I am, by all accounts, an unabashed BioWare fangirl and have been since the … Continue reading →

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John Hemingway Must Die!

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Cohen Edenfield

Cohen Edenfield John Hemingway, a Gearbox developer working on Borderlands 2, referred to the Mechromancer’s “Best Friends Forever” skill tree, one aimed towards casual inclusion, as the “girlfriend skill tree” when speaking with Eurogamer. People took this quote, changed it … Continue reading →

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