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Thank you Overwatch, for giving us another kick-ass videogame mom

Thank you Overwatch, for giving us another kick-ass videogame mom

2 min read News
Ana Amari, Blizzard Entertainment’s latest Overwatch character, is not like the mothers we’ve seen in videogames past, though she started out that way. When the game first released, Ana’s role was not unlike the “long dead moms” that dominate the medium; like Ellie’s mother Anna from The Last of Us
Overwatch and the pleasure of transmedia narratives

Overwatch and the pleasure of transmedia narratives

5 min read feature
Before Winston, a glasses-clad gorilla scientist, was leaping across maps to crush his enemies in the chaotic multiplayer battles of Overwatch, he was merely a young ape with big aspirations and an affinity for peanut butter. But you wouldn’t know that from merely playing the game. You’ll find no ca
League of Legends and the problem of online communities

League of Legends and the problem of online communities

4 min read Article
If you liked what you read, why not back us on Kickstarter? Early last Friday, just before the opening remarks of “Tribeca Games Presents: The Craft and Creative of League of Legends,” I sat next to a young man named Will, who told me he had come all the way from Daytona Beach, Florida. I asked him