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Grace Benfell

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Chicago
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Covers:  Video Games, Film, Comics, TV, Pop Culture, Environmentalism, Queerness, Spirituality, Retro-Gaming, Gender and Sexuality
Writer and critic. Editor at The Imaginary Engine Review. Co-host @PodcastSafeRoom.
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BDS Calls for a Boycott of Xbox Due to Microsoft's Partnership with Israel

BDS Calls for a Boycott of Xbox Due to Microsoft's Partnership with Israel

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement calls for a boycott of Xbox; here's what that means and…

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Fist to Mirror, Bullet to Temple

Fist to Mirror, Bullet to Temple

The Haruspex of Pathologic 2 grows weary and hungry, while Daniil flits from heart-pounding mania to sinking,…

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Itch Was A Bastion For 'Taboo' Developers, Now They're Not Sure Where To Go

Itch Was A Bastion For 'Taboo' Developers, Now They're Not Sure Where To Go

Itch hosted the works of developers, artists, writers, and zinesters. It was (and is) home to taboo pornograp…

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Always in the Eye

Always in the Eye

Hellblade II's cinematic aspirations and influences are clear, yet it abandons the image, the montage, for an…

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Essay Anthology Critical Hits Is a Dull Rehash that Fails to Engage with Games Criticism

Essay Anthology Critical Hits Is a Dull Rehash that Fails to Engage with Games Criticism

Videogame essay anthology Critical Hits ignores the history of serious games criticism while rehashing old id…

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Best Of 2023: Baldur's Gate 3's Best Set Piece Reaches Into Its Dungeon-Delving Roots

Best Of 2023: Baldur's Gate 3's Best Set Piece Reaches Into Its Dungeon-Delving Roots

Rosemyrn Monastery is a classic dungeon layered with sharp craft and potent emotional catharsis.

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Far Cry 6's Vision of Queerness Is Embarrassingly Limited

Far Cry 6's Vision of Queerness Is Embarrassingly Limited

Máximas Matanzas - a DJ rapper duo made up of Paolo de la Vega and his girlfriend Talia Benavidez - is one of…

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Killing Our Gods: Faith Remains in Final Fantasy X

Killing Our Gods: Faith Remains in Final Fantasy X

Killing Our Gods is a monthly column from Grace Benfell about Christianity, religion, and role-playing throug…

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Why Do We Talk About Mass Effect's Asari as if They Are Women?

Why Do We Talk About Mass Effect's Asari as if They Are Women?

Morinth is dead. Infected with a curse and known as an Ardat-Yakshi, she was never really alive. Any sexual i…

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