History Blog / TheUnitedFederationOfCharles

* CriticalDissonance: Hates ''LANoire'' and ''FarCry3''

** The social satire of BatmanArkhamCity. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2011/10/social-satire-of-batman-arkham-city.html here]]
*** The sexism in BatmanArkhamCity. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2011/10/sexism-and-gender-politics-in-arkham.html here]]

** Subverted by an essay on GrandTheftAuto and its violence where he just says it's mindless fun. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2011/11/is-grand-theft-auto-series-too-violent.html here]]

** The social satire of DeusExHumanRevolution. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2012/03/social-satire-of-deus-ex-human.html here]]

* SeriousBusiness: Averted.

* ApologeticAttacker: Does this when he goes into a rant about how much he hates ''Dead Money'' for ''Fallout: New Vegas.''
* BerserkButton: the review of the {{Fallout}} DLC ''Dead Money'' is a sharp contrast to his usual style.

* SeriousBusiness: Averted.

* OldShame: Has openly said to never read his first novels.

* AuthorAppeal: Zombies, Post-Apocalypse, Noir, HP Lovecraft, Bethesda Games.

* AuthorAppeal: Zombies, Post-Apocalypse, Bethesda Games.

* BerserkButton: ''Fallout: New Vegas' ''Dead Money'' is a sharp contrast to his usual style.

** The Social Satire of BatmanArkhamCity. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2011/10/social-satire-of-batman-arkham-city.html here]]
*** The Sexism in BatmanArkhamCity. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2011/10/sexism-and-gender-politics-in-arkham.html here]]
** The Social Satire of DeusExHumanRevolution. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2012/03/social-satire-of-deus-ex-human.html here]]
*** The Social Satire in the DLC. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2012/03/social-satire-of-deus-ex-human_27.html here]]
** The role of Sexuality in {{The Witcher}} series. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2012/06/sexuality-and-visual-storytelling-in.html here]]

** The role of Sexuality in the {{Witcher}} series. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2012/06/sexuality-and-visual-storytelling-in.html here]]

** The role of Sexuality in the Witcher series. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2012/06/sexuality-and-visual-storytelling-in.html here]]
** Subverted by Grand Theft Auto and an essay on violence where he just says it's mindless fun. [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2011/11/is-grand-theft-auto-series-too-violent.html here]]

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Seems to want to do this for video games.

* AccentuateTheNegative: Seems to do the opposite as he only likes to review games he enjoys.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Has this for Elder Lyons from {{Fallout3}}.
** Has a similar one for Admiral T'nae of StarTrekOnline.

* OldShame: Has openly said to never read his first novels.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: His essay regarding BatmanArkhamCity has been accused of this.
** He's much closer to the mark with his discussion of DeusExHumanRevolution and its DLC.
** Mentions a big part of his love of zombies comes from the social satire they represent.

* OldShame: Has openly said to never read his old books.

The {{blog}} of science-fiction author Charles Phipps (author the ''Machine Goddess'' trilogy and currently working on other projects). The United Federation of Charles chiefly reviews video games, science fiction novels, and occasionally writes essays on subjects which interest him in media.

* OldShame: Has openly said never to read his old books.

** He's much closer to the mark with his discussion of DeusExHumanRevolution and its DLC.

* ApolegeticAttacker: Does this when he goes into a rant about how much he hates ''Dead Money'' for ''Fallout: New Vegas.''

The {{blog}} of science-fiction author Charles Phipps (author the ''Machine Goddess'' trilogy and currently working on other projects). [[blog/TheUnitedFederationOfCharles The United Federation of Charles]] chiefly reviews video games, science fiction novels, and occasionally writes essays on subjects which interest him in media.

The {{blog}} of science-fiction author Charles Phipps (author the ''Machine Goddess'' trilogy and currently working on other projects). TheUnitedFederationOfCharles chiefly reviews video games, science fiction novels, and occasionally writes essays on subjects which interest him in media.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: His essay regngardi BatmanArkhamCity has been accused of this.

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