themarysue:

elemenoismyfavoriteletter:

The faces on these guys.  It’s just perfect.

Goofus and Gallant ALLL THE THINGS.

Check out this amazing Pokemon comic by the wonderfully talented Ray Bruwelheide.  You can follow the story on the Viridian City tumblr, although I believe you have to make a donation or purchase some merchandise to see the full story, which I think is more than fair. 

You should check out the rest of Ray’s work, too (click the name, above). 

Fantastic stuff!

♥ Ithika

by Frederik Wiedel.

(Source: dotcore, via fuckyeahvideogames)

This game guys..

I know I prattle on about female characters in games.. but this really feels like it’s going to be a good stepping point.  I’m really excited.  She feels super real >.<

Considering in Quantic Dream’s previous game “Heavy Rain” the female characters were

-a wife who we are positioned to be spiteful against for leaving her husband after a tragedy

-a prostitute who constantly needed protecting

-and a (I used a really incorrect and harmful term here in the original because I was not thinking and being a dickwad.  I am really sorry.  My feels got the better of my head and ugh) journalist who tried to be hardcore and existed almost solely to give us a romantic interest for Ethan.. she had a few moments of baddass but I didn’t consider her a strong female character..

To me Heavy Rain while being a great game really didn’t represent women very well.  

Hopefully they can turn that all around with Beyond: two souls

~ muse shake

Also thanks to Dusty Cartridge for the heads up on the new trailer

You may have noticed that we’re taking a bit of a break here at XXP

This is because we have something big coming.  So please, stay frosty

That being said I’ve started doing Nintendo News Weekly Wrap Ups for vooks  so I give to you the first in the series.

This is a pilot so hopefully we’ll improve on things a lot as we go. :)

~ muse shake

The evolution of video game controllers.

(by Pop Chart Lab via LikeCool.)

dorkly:

Steampunk Link

This is it. This is the peak of nerdiness.

In before ithika

Cause I can

~ muse shake

(Source: facebook.com)

K so someone on my youtube unboxing video for the Injustice special edition wanted instructions on how to insert the batarang.  It is a little tricky, but I’ve tried to help out with these PHOTO INSTRUCTIONS AWWW YEAH.. 

I hope this helps.. 

The way I have his batarang in the video is NOT correct.. I later discovered this but I kinda like the way that looks- because of this, I’ll give both instructions here.

So Batman has a little slot in his finger that took me a few seconds to locate when I first pulled my statue out - cause I’m a bit slow.. so I thought I’d make a point of showing that first.

Clooosssseerrrr

The batarang has a bit that sticks out as pictured here.  That fits directly in to this groove.

It should just snap in to place, and then will look like this

It also fits really securely in this position, and gives the look of batman being about to throw the batarang - which is obviously what was intended.. not whatever the hell I was doing before.

Now if you want to do it the incorrect way like how I had it in the video, you want to put the middle spike, of the bottom of the batarang in to this slot

after twisting, it SHOULD look like this. It does not feel secure at ALL but it looks nice.  It also may take a few tries if you’re as uncoordinated as I am

Yay batman!

happy bataranging 
~ muse shake

themarysue:

blerdgirlchronicles:

90’s television in a nutshell. 

Context!

Umm. Am I this cool?

Guys…. guys?

<3 Ari.

(Source: milvallen)

miss-love:

mattrenez:

igotaloveshekeepsmewaiting:

melodiesintheair:

jarpadd:

I suggest all females watch this. 

*i suggest all humans watch this.

THIS SHOULD BE REQUIRED WATCHING FOR ALL HUMANS

I’m a 17 year old white guy living in middle class America. I’ve never exactly been a supporter of feminism because that kind of thing has never really affected me personally. I don’t notice it and I don’t care about it. But in nine minutes this video has made what is truly a serious problem extremely apparent. Those “why I need feminism” posts or those slut-shaming or rape culture campaigns never convince me of anything. But this video actually did I think.

tl;dr This video kicks ass, just watch it.

Stop what you’re doing and watch this

A good watch on media representation of women. Only mentions games briefly - still important

~ muse shake

(Source: dave-bowman, via cakeblr)

thewolverina:

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Edit: Reblog, re-tweet or share our link Facebook to win a copy of Tomb Raider on 360! Competition closes one week from today 16/04/13

So here Muse and Ari chat about Tomb Raider! Plus a competition for how you can win your own tomb raider!

We also got given two questions via @ShadowOfADream, we didn’t have enough time to film them, so here they are:

Question 1.
Before buying the game myself I read a few reviews and one of them was quite negative/angry that the game was so gruesome and bloody (I suspect she was mad her 14 yr old couldn’t or rather shouldn’t play the game)….
Just wondering if you think it was over-done/excessive or it fit the story well or somewhere in between?

Ari - I think the gore was fine, really it wasn’t that much? But I am pretty accustomed to gore. What I would have a problem with little children seeing, is Lara die over and over in really personal ways. Not to spoil it, but at one point you’re up close with LC as she has the life choked out of her. Squishy rock murder, fine, being choked while a man calls you a whore in another language? Now we’re in creepy fetish territory.
That said, depending on the age of my kid I’d still let them play it (if they were 14, hell yeah) after I talked to them about it.

muse - The only time I was taken back by the gore was when I didn’t quick time event fast enough and a spear went through Lara’s neck. That was pretty gore-tastic but I didn’t think it was a gory game myself. I think we’re not used to seeing these things happen to women and it amplifies it a little bit. So I guess to answer the question I didn’t find it over done at all - but I like gore..

Question 2.
The original games were quite … interesting in that the objectification of Lara was very obvious, intentional… just wondering what your thoughts are (from a female perspective) about the new game…

Ari - We touch on this in the video, but she’s an immensely strong female character and I feel for the most part she’s not considered an object. I can’t speak from a males perspective, but even though it was 3rd person I considered myself to be her and not to be protecting her. Which some of the commentary indicated. (But, as a woman, society doesn’t train me to white-knight).
I think she’s actually well portrayed as a young woman, coming of age, being head strong but NOT in a bitchy way (as Muse mentions) which female characters often are portrayed!
What I like most of all is that they give a way for her character to develop, and also really explain her character. Like why she always seems to work alone, and her silly double pistol thing. It also gives her room for character development. Basically she’s well written, hooray!

muse - Like Ari says we cover this fairly well in the video - albeit somewhat accidentally. I like seeing her body look athletic and young, but it’s still totally sexualised just not in an over the top manner. You can’t tell me she’s not sexy, especially after watching her move through rocks. She’s the new version of sexy though - our ideas of body type are always changing and it’s not uncommon to see a busty woman replaced with someone who appears more sporty or fit now days. She seems realistic, if a little idealised - I guess it’s a good start.

Remember you can always Ask Us A Question too!

Retweeting so hard. Don’t own an Xbox. Damn xxp girls hatin on us ps3 players.

I promise we have some ps3 giveaways for the future *twilight zone music*

~ muse shake