[Author’s Note: In regards to a few messages we’ve received! Blizzard hasn’t released any official statement regarding Widowtracer. This was my interpretation from what has been shown thus far.]

A major studio pretty much just confirmed a queer ship involving two women. Let me repeat that for those of you sitting in the back: a major studio just confirmed a queer ship involving two women. That’s an enormous, thrilling, and unheard of step forward not only for the games industry, but mainstream media at large.

I’m referring to the babes Tracer and Widowmaker of Overwatch fame, of course, who have all but effectively taken the Internet by storm. It’s rare for a ‘femslash’ ship to catch fire like this, though there are many, many reasons for that particular phenomenon. (Mostly thanks to the fact that men are categorically written with more nuanced stories, therefore strictly ‘slash’ ships have traditionally been…

Read Only Memories is still seeking a Voice Actor for Ramona Rogers! Women of Color VA’s strongly encouraged to apply.

Email: rombots+vo@midboss.com by Friday, January 22!

Things that help:

• VO Demo Reel and/or resume
• (Required) Audition of the character(s) that interest you using any or all lines provided (in .mp3, .m4a or .ogg format, download links preferred over file attachments)
• (Required) Information on your recording capabilities (Do you have a home studio? Do we need to rent you studio time?)
• If you have experience playing Read Only Memories!

Ramona Rogers

Age: 24. Race: Black (American). Gender: Female

Style Desired: Bubbly, highly animated, nerdy, tough.

• Real-life magical girl
• Filled with energy and fire
• Enthusiastic, but sensitive and sentimental
• The modern, cool otaku with tons of anime knowledge

Bio: A humble Hassy Bar owner by day, cybernetic magical girl by night? Maybe. She’s equipped with a gold cybernetic left arm and right…

Original Shownotes:

Our fabulous guests! Katherine Cross, our dapper scholastic games critiquer extraordinaire whose work appears in Feministing and Gamasutra, next we have Tauriq Moosa, who loves the Witcher 3 while giving it a critical side eye, is wicked smart and writes for Polygon, Guardian, Daily Beast, Mary Sue, an and quite a few other places. Last but certainly not least, we have Austin Walker, who recently joined Giant Bomb, congrats on the newish gig! Apologies in advance for some audio issues. Technology turned on us mid-recording so there’s been some editorial finagling done to bring you this episode.

Articles:

• Colorblind: On The Witcher 3, Rust,and Gaming’s Race Problem – Tauriq in Polygon
• More On Race, More on Witcher and how to Move Forward – Austin, Giant Bomb
• Witcher 3, Race and Histriocity – Austin, Giant Bomb
• Opinion: Finding Meaning in Darkest Dungeon’s Narrative Design – Katherine Cross, Gamasutra
• GDC…