video game – Playing with Wokeness

Alien Isolation: Play as Ripley’s Daughter in the Coldness of Space

Let’s be clear, when we’re talking about strong female characters who actually behave like women, there’s few better examples than Ellen Ripley in the movie Aliens. Here’s a woman who faced her fear and used her motherly urge to protect to save a child and destroy a monster. She’s a momma bear, protecting her young.Continue reading “Alien Isolation: Play as Ripley’s Daughter in the Coldness of Space”

A Plague Tale, Innocence:Teenagers vs the Inquisition. Also rats.

I’ve known about this game for a bit but it wasn’t until watching Razorfist’s twitch play that made me want to try it out. It’s the story of a young French girl named Amicia who is trying to get her young brother, Hugo, to safety through the plagued lands of France, being chased byContinue reading “A Plague Tale, Innocence:Teenagers vs the Inquisition. Also rats.”