Everything's on fire, let's play video games

Hello it is I, a Dave! I play video games and I sometimes cannot be chill about them at all! 

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GLaDOS from Portal

[daveofhonour]

Uhh so I just casually converted this blog to be for my streaming stuff cuz it was already pretty much a video game sideblog buuut I kinda forgot i can’t follow people without revealing my main 😅 so i might have to make a new one in the coming days, if people are actually for real moving here in the twitter exodus

[teathattast]

[valtsv]

whoever came up with strapping a dagger to your upper thigh knew exactly what they were doing. they weren’t thinking about self defence.

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[beerenlos]

*sound of lock rattling*

*insufficient skill*

[arnaerr]

I'm replaying DA:O and I don't even know what's funnier: the hilarious mage cap of my Warden or Alistair's eyes behind the helmet 🤪

[pwout-deactivated20230202]

more girls should be complete losers

[notinlove]

i hate when people start asking what sign i am. I am a sign from god. start running.

[jomarchwannabe]

just realized that dnd podcasts are the modern day equivalent of soap operas. this is a long winded way of saying i will now be calling my favorite podcasts “my stories”

[catcrumb]

[coolfrogdude]

original thread by @pukicho and several other users

[rivaloli-deactivated20210928]

“I LOVE that game!” (watched a letsplay and commentary about it)

[khaleesi]

this counts and i’ll hear nothing against it

[queerasflux]

if watching sports counts as enjoying the sport, then watching video games counts as enjoying video games.

[harostar]

And literally a huge part of gaming has ALWAYS been the experience of sitting around together, watching one person in the group play while everyone else cheers, heckles, shrieks, and generally has a good time.

[reallyndacarter]

Does anyone want to draw a picture of me with Mothman? @teamlynda said that would be funny and that I should share it.

[joebloodyhunter]

Apologies, ma’am

[reallyndacarter]

Nice!

[felassan]

Dragon Age: Absolution | Official Trailer | Netflix

New Dragon Age: Absolution trailer!

Welcome to Miriam’s story.

Based on BioWare’s video game franchise “Dragon Age”, Dragon Age: Absolution explores mature subjects concerning freedom, power, and corruption set against the backdrop of adult animation.

Only on Netflix, December 9.

ABOUT DRAGON AGE: ABSOLUTION

With great power at stake, a group of mages, fighters, and thieves goes head to head against a sinister force possessing a dangerous artifact. This animated fantasy series is created by Mairghread Scott, writer of “Justice League Dark: Apokolips War”.

Set in the world of BioWare’s award-winning video game franchise, and built in close collaboration with BioWare’s creative team - including head writers, and lead creative directors.

Fear. Guilt. Pain. Can Miriam push aside her feelings to complete her mission - or will the trauma looming over her past finally catch up with her?

Nothing is absolute.

PS: if you’ve read this far, see you on Dragon Age Day. Or maybe sooner.

Cast: Kimberly Brooks, Matt Mercer, Ashly Burch, Sumalee Montano, Phil LaMarr, Keston John, Josh Keaton, Zehra Fazal, and more.

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[wearfinethingsalltoowell]

Ed’s tummy reblog if you agree

[sherlockig]

yeah agree

[hunterinabrowncoat]

So like I get that people have this issue with Star Trek taking so long to have a canonically queer principle character, and I get that people kind of take issue with there being a sort of ‘qualifier’ on Jadzia/Lenara as they were husband and wife in their previous lives, but I also feel like a lot of people don’t appreciate how incredible this story was?

The Jadzia/Lenara story revolved around two characters who were forbidden from being together by the taboos and laws of their culture. And it wasn’t just a metaphor - they actually used two women. This is a queer story about two women who aren’t allowed to be together because of their cultural norms. Any signs of affection between them were seen as inherently wrong, risky, dangerous etc. Lenara works under the constant, watchful eye of her brother, who continually makes his opinion about his ~concern~ for her known. And eventually Jadzia has to choose between the woman she loves and the life she wants because she won’t be allowed to have both - if she begins a relationship with this woman, her life as she knows it is over and shew ill be ostracized from her society, never allowed to re-enter it. And every moment of it is believable and full of beautifully painful affection…

In 1995 they shamelessly presented a wlw love story complete with longing, affectionate looks, confessions of love, and kisses. And like Kira Nerys says “I don’t understand how two people who’ve fallen in love and made a life together can be forced to walk away from each other because of a taboo!” Like… they weren’t be subtle about this at all.

As for the “qualifier” that somehow makes it less queer….? These two people carry the memories of a man and woman who used to be married, so I guess a lot of people saw this story as a second-hand het love story, but to me that was a really important part of the story because it presented this wlw relationship as totally equal to a het marriage. Their love is intense, believable, and on par with a male/female relationship.

[penrosesun]

Also, choosing to see this as somehow a second-hand het love story is, quite bluntly, transphobia.

There are tremendously unsubtle trans implications throughout Dax’s entire character arc, complete with multiple scenes that handle deadnaming and pronouns. For many trans people who grew up with Star Trek, the Trills in general, but especially in DS9 were a revelation. Dax is a character who everyone acknowledges once was a man, and who everyone also acknowledges is now a woman. That’s huge, and it needs to not be erased in the conversation about wlw representation in Star Trek in general.

A woman wanting to be together romantically with another woman is not het, regardless of whether one of them was once a man. That’s true whether the women are real or fictional. End of fucking story.