Critical Hits & Misses #152

• This article from the Huffington Post was meant for Black History Month, but it's still perfectly pertinent in every day life. The blog post discusses 4 problematic statements that white people tend to make about race, and what they could say instead. 


• Jussef Cole and Tanya DePass at Waypoint discuss how black skin is still a radical concept in video games, drawing parallels from history of representation.

For today's musical hit, we have Queen Bey's "Run the World (Girls)"

Today's critical rolls: There aren't a lot out there, but there are some hidden gems! Tell us your favorite video games that feature people of color as protagonists, or at least as important NPCs.


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Critical Hits & Misses #144

• Cool Ghost’s Matt Lees muses on difficulty and atmosphere in relation to one of this year’s IGF Award nominees, Hyper Light Drifter - one of the site’s Best Games Ever. In a bonus video, he and Quintin Smith play through it a co-op mode. 


• The ever-fabulous Vox explores how female characters simply existing and doing stuff became a modern feminist statement. We call this normalizing, and it's important to do for women and people of color and LGBTQ+. This is why we fight so hard about representation in every day life and in tv and movies. 

For today's musical hit,we have Janelle Monae's "Electric Lady"

Today's critical rolls: who is your favorite fictional female character that does stuff and is feminist because of it?


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Critical Hits & Misses #143

How I feel in Stardew Valley during the spring flower dance...

• Last year indie farming sim Stardew Valley came out. Over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Paul Dean explores building a life through work both in the game and in reality. (Dominik)


• Did you see the Oscars? Did you see the anti-Trump ad the New York Times put out? This is why I subscribe to the Times. 

For today's musical hit, we have Lana Del Rey and "Love"

Today's critical rolls: It's Monday! What's on the agenda for the week? Anything fun and interesting? Any political or social campaigning or protesting you plan to do?


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Critical Hits & Misses #129

• People features 10 celebs of color who discuss representation, why it matters, and why we need inclusivity in the media. 


• Image Comics is raising money for Planned Parenthood! In the month of March, all proceeds from the sales of their Womens History month variant covers will go to PP! There are 11 variant covers total. Time to buy comic books in March, everyone!

For today's musical hit, we have Dessa's "Dixon's Girl"!

Today's critical rolls: why do you think representation matters? Does it matter to you personally?


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Critical Hits and Misses #67

Cinema Blend discusses why Doctor Strange’s Mordo had to be different from the comic book version. Lots of spoilers for the movie, so be careful if you haven’t seen it yet! (Ivonne)

Patton Oswalt had a touching conversation with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. In fact, Patton was all over late night last week, ostensibly to talk about his Emmy win, but really he was on a tour to publicly discuss grief, an important topic we rarely focus on in our society. (Zachary)

On Nerds of Color, Desiree Rodriguez writes about Romani representation in pop culture generally, and comics especially. (Tova)

Today's musical hit is Nina Simone's "O-o-h Child."  Keep fighting the good fight, friends!

Today's Critical Roll: 

What's your favouite hopeful science fiction story?

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