As the pressure has increased on many of these DEI consulting companies in the gaming industry, Black Girl Gamers has now replaced Sweet Baby Inc. as public enemy number one. After Black Girl Gamers announced on Twitter that they were seeking “legal counsel” against That Park Place for speaking out about their allegedly discriminatory DEI […]
Archives for March 2024
Will Microsoft And Xbox Ban Games Like Stellar Blade?
Fandom Pulse previously covered DEI commissar Katy Jo Wright, Head of ‘Gaming for Everyone & Sustainability’ at Microsoft’s Xbox, and her interview at GDC24, where she discussed the development of the Product Inclusion Framework, aimed at forcing game developers to integrate diversity and inclusion principles into game development. This toolkit, although framed as being voluntary, […]
The Dark Herald Recommends: Cixin Liu’s The Wandering Earth
With 3 Body Problem having been launched on Netflix, I thought the time was right to dig up my review of the movie version of The Wandering Earth. The premise for the film is big and perhaps a little ridiculous but I can accept it for a couple of reasons. One, you have to start […]
Ron DeSantis Gets Big Win As Disney Settles With Florida On His Terms
In a significant development for both The Walt Disney Company and the state of Florida, a resolution has been reached in the long-standing legal battle between them. A special district board selected by Governor Ron DeSantis, overseeing Disney’s Florida theme park properties, has settled its litigation with the entertainment giant. This agreement marks the end […]
Retrospective: Zorro: The Curse of Capistrano By Johnston McCulley
Among the best-known pulp characters within the mainstream is Johnston McCulley‘s Zorro, though this is more due to the fame created by his appearance in movies and TV shows than in the original written form. McCulley (1883-1958) created several larger-than-life characters, many of which were part of a series that ran sometimes in the dozens. […]
Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill Tackles Noir: The Night Of The Hunter
The Night of the Hunter, an iconic piece of American cinematic history, emerged in 1955 as an entry in the noir genre. Helmed by the Charles Laughton, the film boasted a stellar cast including Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. Drawing from James Agee’s screenplay, the narrative roots of this gripping tale can be […]
IDW Publishing Editor Heather Antos Calls For Her Fans To Put Sexualized Content Into School Libraries
Heather Antos from IDW Publishing raised eyebrows a couple of months ago when she announced she would be drawing her first commercially published comic, which would be a short story as part of what can only be described as a groomer anthology, “When I Was Young.” This crowdfunded book went on BackerKit and is all […]
Weird Gothic Horror Novel Now Funding on IndieGoGo! The Horror of Mistvale Hall
Author William Jeffrey Rankin has launched an IndieGoGo campaign for his latest novel The Horror of Mistvale Hall, a tale of supernatural horror, mystery, and adventure!
Gaming Controversy Heats Up: Black Girl Gamers Threatens To Sue That Park Place
Shots were fired in GamerGate 2.0. On the 15th of March, That Park Place published a news article titled “‘Forspoken’ Consultant Black Girl Gamers Appears To Discriminate In Their Hiring Practices While Claiming They Are Being Harassed” and wrote that “A video game consultant organization, Black Girl Gamers, that consulted on Square Enix’s disastrous Forspoken […]
REVIEW: Chuck Dixon’s Levon Cade Series
A new thriller series I discovered is Chuck Dixon‘s Levon Cade series. At this time, there are a dozen novels in it, and I’ve read the first 10. I would recommend people read the series in order, as events in earlier stories impact later volumes, and some are linked. For those not aware, Chuck Dixon […]
Star Wars The Acolyte’s Abigail Thorn Is An Autogynephiliac Accused Of Sexual Abuse & Skinwalking YouTuber Contrapoints
In response to FandomPulse’s recent article on Abigail Thorn, a trans-YouTuber, being cast in Star Wars: The Acolyte and how it’s meant to normalize and spread toxic gender ideology, many on social media were upset. The post on X was flooded by hundreds of angry troons and allies claiming that Fandom Pulse merely had a […]
BBC’s Jules Hardy Calls For Purge against Gamers Opposing Sweet Baby Inc.’s Forced DEI
In a show of force from institutionalised power the BBC Gaming presenter Jules Hardy weighed in on the ongoing scandal surrounding Sweet Baby Inc., advocating for what she calls a “final purge” of ideological opponents within the gaming community. BBC Gaming presenter Jules Hardy, known for her roles as host of the Top Gear Gaming […]
