He is particularly interested in the intersections of gaming, queerness, and social justice writ large, and he is attracted to titles and communities that flesh out these connections.ĭrew's relevant work has appeared in the Harvard LGBTQ Policy Journal and on his YouTube channel, where he posts Yu-Gi-Oh! combo tutorials, game replays, and deckbuilding guides under the moniker "Dewy the Duelist." Drew also enjoys competitive and cooperative strategy board games, and he is slowly dipping his toes into Magic: The Gathering. He is an avid Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG duelist and content creator, an RPG enthusiast (primarily on Nintendo and PlayStation consoles), and a firm believer that having a Digimon partner is more ethical than capturing wild Pokémon and forcing them to battle until they fall unconscious. Magical purple rings around the monster's wrists appear to either imprison it or animate it while lightning crackles across the sky in the background.ĭrew Heckman (he/him) is a Gaming Features Writer for CBR. The Level 12 Ritual monster has a number of prominent demonic features that would be difficult to edit out for the TCG release: curved horns, gigantic purple (and potentially blood-soaked) claws with sharp black talons, spikes protruding from the torso and shoulders as if the creature has been impaled, pseudo-angelic wings, and a long, slithering purple tongue. However, with the recently-announced support for the Dogmatika archetype, White Zoa of Dogmatika, Konami seems to be recognizing that the target audience of its 20-year-old game is no longer in elementary school. Typically, this involved drawing additional clothing onto scantily-clad anime women, removing horns from demon-like creatures, and editing out references to alcohol. In the past, cards released in Asian markets that were thought to be too sexually provocative, frightening, or religious were sanitized before reaching Western audiences. More than just the gameplay, Yu-Gi-Oh!'s art and overall tone have shifted in modern years.
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