Weekend Reading List: Racebending and the Red Viper
So. Game of Thrones is coming back April 6th, and guys, GUYS, Dorne and the Red Viper and the Sand Snakes and I can’t even. It’s going to be amazing. Almost as amazing as this Vine of Oberyn Martell fighting with Capoeira. CAPOEIRA. I can’t. I just can’t.
I am so absurdly excited for Double Fine’s new game, Broken Age. One, because Vella is going to be amazing, and two, it’s Double Fine. Have you played The Cave? Go play The Cave.
This discussion of race and superhero comics, which focuses primarily on the X-Men, deals with everything from race-bending in cosplay to appropriating marginalized struggles with an all-white cast of characters. It’s pretty great. [NPR Code Switch]