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Starting next week, Fandom will stop serving ads to logged-in users browsing wikis that originated on the Gamepedia platform. This ensures the logged-in experience from the historical Gamepedia wikis are consistent with the rest of the Fandom platform. This means if you are logged in on any wiki you will by default not see any ads outside of some ads on the main page.
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Let’s start with the most important reason we made this change - Fandom values our editor community. Even though we …
Interview with Voice Talent Su Ling Chan
Hey all!
From bumping a pixelated ball back and forth along a tiny screen to fully-fledged cinematic experiences a la The Last of Us, it’s obvious video games have come a very, very long way. Whether you’re always looking for the next big shooter to jump into or are thousands of hours deep into your favorite RPG, it’s fair to assume that you’ve probably come across at least one game with voiced characters.
Voice acting plays such an important role in these games when it comes to the storytelling involved. For example, I- like many others- enjoyed the heck out of God of War Ragnarök last year. The hacking, slashing and bashing brought me endless amounts of fun. But the central narrative was elevated to a whole other level by the voice cast- f…
Fandom Celebrates AAPI Month: Video Games
Hey everyone, it’s Jieyang here.
And I like video games. Some might say a little too much. And you know what? They’re right. But do you know what I like more than video games? Video games with Asian American protagonists. I love those.
Like people, video games come in all shapes and sizes. From your shooters to your RPGs to your isometric games, there’s bound to be something for everyone. But as AAPI month comes to a close, today I want to talk about a few of my personal favorite games that feature Asian American protagonists. Just to clarify- there are a lot of Asian protagonists! However, I will be focusing specifically on Asian American protagonists, or those coded as such.
On a side note, I will be streaming on our Fandom Twitch this Frid…
Fandom Celebrates AAPI Month: Interview with Gene Luen Yang, Creator of American Born Chinese
His response really resonated with me on a personal level- I grew up seeing a lot of Asian characters in American media being shoved to the sidelines as the butt of jokes or- at worst- portrayed as negative one dimensional stereotypes. It's been a tough road but we've come a long way since the days of the Hays Code and it's just great to see more mainstream embracement of Asian culture and characters, whether they know martial arts or not.
That was just one of many parts of the wonderful conversation I had with Gene.
I also may have told him he's kind of my hero.
American Born Chinese premieres May 24th exclusively on Disney+
Women's History Month Fandom Gaming Stories: Miranda Phaal and Tiffany Tse
As March comes close to an end, we finish up the last of our series celebrating women, femme-identifying, and non-binary people in the gaming vertical goes on as we shine a light on the power of representation as these gamers share their favorite characters.
To explore the theme of Embracing Equity during Women’s History Month, we connected with gamers on Fandom’s staff and throughout the community as they shared their perspectives on the power of camaraderie, navigating the gaming community, and some key recommendations. If you missed the previous two, they can be viewed here and here!
This blog features our awesome staff members, Miranda Phaal and Tiffany Tse!
How have games with strong female representation impacted you?
It's refreshing to …