Borderlands 2 ‘girlfriend mode’: why a casual misstep matters

Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2

Yesterday, Eurogamer posted a Borderlands 2 article in which lead designer John Hemingway discussed the Mechromancer, a DLC-only character currently in progress. She’s a small girl with a mechanical arm, and will have a skill tree designed for folks who “suck at first-person shooters” but want to play with others – in Hemingway’s words, “for the lack of a better term, the girlfriend skill tree”. Unsurprisingly, the reactions to Hemingway’s comments haven’t been entirely positive. Read the full story at The Guardian.

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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).