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A Question Of (Player’s) Choice Or Questionable (Design) Choices?
In Dishonored, women are either killed, kidnapped, maids, or sex workers. Because of the first game’s criticism, Dishonored 2 made Emily Kaldwin one potential protagonist – and some may argue the true lead. While these improvements are welcomed, in a game where players make moral choices, it can be contested whether the implementation of a female playable protagonist and an increase in female characters is actually countering violence against women.
5 Things Never Saw Me Coming Did Right & Wrong
Never Saw Me Coming, the debut novel by Vera Kurian, follows a few students participating in their university’s study on psychopaths. As a first crack at writing long-form, Kurian has created a good offering to the young adult/new adult genre. But as you will soon come to find, here at Daughter and Dead Press, we have high expectations and many, many thoughts.