Summary:
Hi, my name is Denis. I originally started this blog over at Blogger in July 2008. I tend to write a lot about videogames, and have made various rounds of the web. Was formerly a staff writer for both GayGamer and The Border House. This blog serves to explicate my thoughts on any number of issues, not solely focused on videogames anymore (though they still make up the majority).Search:
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You’re brilliant, gorgeous, and ampersand after ampersand
Here there be spoilers. Star-crossed lovers are a pretty common and popular motif. From Romeo and Juliet to Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, we human beings seem to be moved by tragedy when it comes to lovers who are … Continue reading
Tagged Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy X, romance
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The Aeris Syndrome
Here there be spoilers. A young woman is in your motley crew. She is descended from a mixed heritage, but one parent belongs to a line that offers hope to the world–a world that has been stricken with hardships. A … Continue reading
A softer touch
The media has certainly evolved in many ways since the 1970s. 1972 saw Cosmopolitan publish a centerfold of Burt Reynolds with conveniently placed arm. For reasons of decency, the penis was conveniently tucked away. Then, in 1977 came John Travolta … Continue reading
Tagged Grand Theft Auto, image in games, sexuality
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State of the Denis
There are at least two entries that are kicking about my head concerning Final Fantasy X, which I started in the last month and am near completing. Gamefly finally sent a (working) copy of Gears of War 2, and I … Continue reading
Tagged writing elsewhere
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Sexually Transmitted Information
One of the charms of The Sims franchise is its ability to allow me to control much of its world and meaning. As I stated in my last post, this all does exist in a boundary and rules must apply, … Continue reading
Simulated History
Through the gender studies portion of my degree I took among my more interesting classes at Wabash College. Three (of the five) that stand out in my mind are an historiography class using sex and fascist Germany as its focal … Continue reading
Tagged narrative, sexuality, Sims 2
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Despite all my rage…
Despite some people not liking the term ludonarrative dissonance, as a concept it exists in Gears of War: the game portrays you as a gruff, take-charge ex-prisoner who has to save humankind; problem is that you’re doing all this while … Continue reading
Homo say Gears?
N.B. For lack of any confusion, this post is only concerned with, at this time, the first Gears of War. The sequel is another post in the future. For months I have seen and heard assertions that Gears of War … Continue reading
Tagged community, Gears of War, sexuality
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Putting the Game Before the Book What would your favorite piece of literature look like if it had been created as a game first? In a time when bits of Dante’s Divine Comedy are being carved out and turned into … Continue reading
It’s the context, stupid.
After my post on Shanoa and realizing that her lack of emotion said plenty on the historicism of the time and the hysterics often attributed to women, I began wondering whether or not this was actually in any way researched … Continue reading
Vorpal Bunny Ranch 