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Why do RPGs turn me into a colonial overlord?

Over at Nightmare Mode, Alois Wittwer notices how the gameplay in Etrian Odyssey mirrors colonialism, down to murdering the local people. The Forest Folk are the native people of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth and the first humanoid enemies you face in the game. They don’t want you here. And, much like the

Ukiyo-e Heroes is Japanese woodblock for the gamer set.

Earlier this year we posted about an awesome series of illustrations  depicting videogame heroes as japanese woodblock illustrations. Now Jed Henry, the man behind these illustrations, is raising money to actually print these illustrations through a traditional woodblock process, with the aid of Tok

The directions for Steel Battalion for Kinect are confusing.