Aaron Doster / AP
Is Ohio headed to become the new Georgia when it comes to Republican legislators making it harder for Democrats – particularly Black and urban Democrats – to cast ballots?
A group of Democratic state legislators held a virtual press conference early this week saying a bill that will soon be introduced in the Ohio House by two Republicans, State Rep. Bill Seitz of Green Township and State Rep. Sharon Ray of Wadsworth, could put Ohio on a slippery slope toward voter suppression.
Gwen McFarlin, chairwoman of both the Hamilton County Democratic Party and the Hamilton County Board of Elections, joined the Democratic legislators on the Zoom conference.
Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other s work. This entry was contributed by Max Mraz, whose retro-inspired action-RPG Ocean s Heart launches on Steam today.
The commercial for Pokémon Crystal aired in 2000, and unlike the commercials for Pokémon games before it, it was set within the Pokémon universe. It didn t show kids with Game Boys, or a bus driver crushing Pokémon in a trash compactor (this is an actual weird thing that happened in the 90s). Instead, an Indiana Jones stand-in discovers crumbling ruins deep in a jungle. He pulls away the vines and foliage to uncover a stone door with the Pokémon called Unown carved in relief. I was absolutely captivated by this place.