It took two weeks, three consoles and four Redbox rentals for me to beat The Last of Us in 2013. Ten years later, I finished Season one of the TV adaptation in two days.
By Chloe Cramutola, Investigative Editor
• February 20, 2025
The gaming industry has been blown to pixelated bits.
It’s not because of its games. It’s not the expensive, downloadable content or DEI controversies.
It’s how the industry is treating its workers — the very talents who make the games we know and love.
We instead must find authenticity in our narratives, instead of scraping for diversity that never even existed. Maybe then — finally — we can believe equality is more than a political agenda.
Enthusiasts should certainly share their critiques, but when leaks are framed as gaming “news,” fans often blame the company instead of those spreading classified information.
By Chloe Cramutola, Investigative Editor
• November 20, 2024
Stripping a woman of her sexiness does not make her more human. If game developers want women to pick up the joystick and actually talk about their games, developers need to drop the politically correct act that cancel culture has snuck into the media.
A company like Netflix or Amazon could surely succeed in their video gaming endeavors, but it doesn’t look like they will anytime soon. In my eyes, if big corporations want access to the gaming world, they’re going to have to care.
