Kotaku has a running summary of an discussion taking place over twitter over whether the Tiny Tina character in
Borderlands 2 is racist, based on the white character's use of clichéd African-American slang. Some have expressed the opinion that this is "verbal blackface," and after originally resisting, lead writer Anthony Burch moved on to try to expand the discussion to see if he needed to re-work the character's dialog
in future releases.
Randy Pitchford's take on this is that it's not racist as long as it was not written by a racist: "@reverendanthony tina is not racist because you are not racist. You're a pillar of tolerance and inclusion." Thanks nin.
Here's this week's report of the 10 bestselling games on
Steam:
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn
- Hitman: Absolution
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
- Antichamber
- Sleeping Dogs
- Omerta: City of Gangsters
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Arma II: Combined Operations
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Season Pass
- DmC: Devil May Cry
Happy Groundhog Day! Neither of the local celebrity rodent weathermen,
Punxsutawney Phil and
Staten Island Chuck, saw their shadows, a harbinger of early spring. Actually I assume it's other people looking for their shadows, as who can really see into the mind of a groundhog? And I don't know how it worked out like that, because it was sunny around here, but I'll take an early spring.
This page features
the official fan podcast for The Two Guys From Andromeda!, the
Space Quest creators currently at work on SpaceVenture. The show features Jim Walls, the former police officer who created Sierra On-Line’s
Police Quest series, and as noted on
Facebook, this includes an announcement, as they say: "Oh and if you missed it, he said live for the first time he will be making a new game!" He speaks of his excitement that "all this stuff is coming around full circle again," and we can expect this to show up on Kickstarter, and he's "pretty sure" that will happen this year. Thanks nin.
The
Steam Content Description Record Database notes an entry in Steam for
Brutal Legend, suggesting it's possible the ground is being laid for a release of a PC edition of Double Fine's music-inspired action/strategy game. There's nothing more to this so far than the game's name. Thanks Joao.
A website called
alien.noire features a stylized graphic that
neoGAF confirms is a countdown ending in 27 days. They also say it previously contained metadata saying this is the work of Bethesda Softworks and is related to Prey 2, though these references have since been edited out. Thanks
VG247, where they also note a
supererogatory tweet discrediting this, saying: "(Looking at the WHOIS, I'm a bit skeptical it is real. It's registered with Dreamhost, who is chiefly a personal domain registrar.)"
Happy Groundhog Day! Neither of the local celebrity rodent weathermen,
Punxsutawney Phil and
Staten Island Chuck, saw their shadows, a harbinger of early spring. Actually I assume it's other people looking for their shadows, as who can really see into the mind of a groundhog? And I don't know how it worked out like that, because it was sunny around here, but I'll take an early spring.
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