Recent content by SpaceDoctor

I participated in a game design curriculum in NYU last summer, it was very interesting. It's actually pretty easy to setup a crash course on game development as long as you focus on the basics. Focus on simple and easy-to-develop platforms. Good examples are Ren'Py, Construct 2, Game Maker...

A lot of reasons. Most of us see our pasts as "dead," hence the whole "dead name" concept. Opening up about who we were pre-transition can feel really stressful or traumatic unless we explicitly trust the other person, i.e. they're also trans, they're a lover, etc. Because dead names are often...

To me, it's offensive because it isn't very realistic. I'm not comfortable talking about my legal name, or immediately bringing up that I'm transgender. When I meet new people, I usually don't bring it up right away -- or at all. And I don't know a single other transgender person who is...

I think "this is nice in theory, but bad in execution" is a pretty standard criticism that works well for this kind of thing. If a studio won't listen, or writers immediately take it personally, then they're probably doomed from the start.

With Baldur's Gate, I think players were more likely to defend the attempt because a) there was such a huge negative outpouring against it, and b) it was really the first time someone had tried to create a transgender woman in an RPG. Most trans people had problems with it, but they at least...

The transgender character is absolutely ridiculous. Transgender people never casually mention their traumatic backstory and previous name when they're first meeting somebody. If you're going to throw in a minor trans character, at least make it realistic, holy shit. Transgender woman here...

Once the PC version drops in price. I'm somewhat unsurprised that ME:A is very underwhelming, and the writing does look spotty, but BioWare games have been troubled since Dragon Age 2. DA:I and ME3 basically confirmed that BioWare would never top ME2 and DA:O. Alongside upcoming patches being...

It really depends. I live in Brooklyn, and I'm a lesbian, but I surprisingly don't see it all that often when I'm on the subway or out walking. Maybe a couple times? That said, I'm a lesbian, and I often go on dates with my girlfriend in the city, so we're out and about during the weekends...

I worked as a QA freelancer for Sekai Project on Labyrinth of Grisaia back in 2016, it was one of my favorite projects from the start. It's really easy to care about the characters, plus the chemistry between the cast keeps the story moving. Some VNs struggle with that, and it can really kill...