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]
Sammus is a New York-based rapper who is trying to make a Metroid-inspired album while being all badass and defying both gaming and hip hop gender norms. You should check out her kickstarter.
Ever the purveyor of 90s nostalgia, Buzzfeed’s got a roundup of Daria’s best observations. Like you need a reason to love that wonderful snark-machine more.
Have you watched Standard Action? You should watch Standard Action. It’s an RPG-themed webseries that got funding for a third season, so catch up now! Plus you get to look at beautiful Vancouver forests.
Evan Rachel Wood got mad when a scene of her receiving oral sex got cut from her upcoming movie and, as the Province reports, she gave a pretty great Twitter takedown of the Motion Picture Association of America. If you’re interested in learning more about the sexism and homophobia that plagues movie ratings, I highly recommend the documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated.
Want to read about the summer a queer teen of colour went to an all-white, Christian, outdoors camp? Want to read about it in comic form, with lush, Miriam Katin-esque coloured pencil drawings? Then As the Crow Flies is for you!
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