Kenneth Shepard

Kenneth Shepard

Kenneth is a Staff Writer at Fanbyte. He still periodically cries about the Mass Effect trilogy years after it concluded.

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Persona 5 Royal's Himbos Are Too Dumb to See I'm Hitting On Them

For a game that swears up and down that nobody in its universe is queer, how is it that every time I hang out with one of my male friends in Persona 5 Royal things just seem…gay?

I Guess Sly Cooper's Gone For Good Now?

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time developer Sanzaru Games has been bought by Facebook and Oculus. The studio was added to the VR company’s stable of studios yesterday, fresh off the launch of As...

Honey Bee Inn is the Queer Space Final Fantasy VII Remake Desperately Needed

Final Fantasy VII Remake is not a self-insert RPG, but that didn’t stop me from finding some of its very heteronormative scenarios and dialogue off-putting.

Being a Damage Main in Overwatch Kinda Sucks Right Now

Folks, there are nights when I play Overwatch that I just want to play as the grumpy, gay granddad that is Soldier: 76 without it being a big to do. But I haven’t been able to do that lately an...

Hop is a Bad Pokemon Trainer, But That's Why He's a Great Character

In retrospect, it makes perfect sense that I would be writing this, because one of the first decisions we see Hop, the rival trainer of Pokemon: Sword & Shield make is choosing the starte...

11 Indie Games From PAX South to Keep Your Eye On

PAX South was this weekend, and it’s a refreshing event to go to because it focuses so heavily on the smaller games from smaller teams. While I was there I saw several games, but a handful of them stu...

Starbreeze Says Payday 3 Will Launch Between 2022 and 2023

In the midst of a reconstruction within the company, Starbreeze Studios AB says Payday 3 will be launching somewhere in the next three to four years.

Wait, What Do You Mean Claude from Fire Emblem isn't Bisexual?

Intelligent Systems, queerbaiting isn’t just mean-spirited, it’s also bad writing. 

Persona 5 Needs to Stop Using Ryuji as a Punching Bag

Persona 5’s postured values of fighting for those suffering injustice is just a platitude the game seldom practices. Anyone who’s played the game and its spin-offs knows that.

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp is Getting Two Subscription Plans This Month

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, the mobile spin-off of Nintendo’s town management series, appears to be following in the footsteps of Mario Kart Tour and adding subscriptions and exclus...

Mass Effect Should Finish Andromeda's Story or Go Down in the Scourge

Mass Effect: Andromeda didn’t need to exist, but now that it does Bioware is at a crossroads.

A Letter to My Dragon Age Boyfriend In Case I Can't Send it Later

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Guilty Gear Creator Clarifies Once Again That, Yes, Bridget is Trans

It’s been a little over a month since Guilty Gear Strive showed Bridget coming to terms with her identity as a trans woman in the fighting game’s DLC, seemingly in an effort to inte...

Destiny 2 Fan Pays Tribute to the Corn Kid and it's Delightful

If you have yet to hear “It’s Corn” by schmoyoho, which is a anthemic remix of a Recess Therapy conversation with a cool kid named Tariq who is a big fan of corn, I’m sorry that you haven’t felt the j...

Destiny 2 Outlines Plan to Address PVP Quitters and Poor Online Connections

In the latest This Week at Bungie blog post, the studio outlined some troubling trends in Destiny 2’s Crucible PVP mode, as well as some solutions it’s looking into in order to solve the...

Destiny 2 Fans Don Gold Armor in Honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

The Destiny 2 community is rallying in support of a father looking to pay tribute to his child who passed away from cancer by changing their character’s armor to gold in honor of Childhood Ca...

A Last of Us Part I Glitch Halts Progress in the University Segment

Over the years, I’ve not usually dealt with too many bugs or progress-halting glitches in Naughty Dog games, but during my playtime of The Last of Us Part I, there was a repeatable...

What's Supposed to be the Joke of High on Life's Shooting Kids Gag?

High on Life, a shooter from Squanch Games coming to PC and Xbox on December 13, and while we’ve still only seen a few vertical slices, I’m not really feeling the vibe it’s going for, and I t...

Denuvo Launching Switch Emulator Protection at Behest of Publishing Partners

Infamous PC gaming DRM company Denuvo by Irdeto, who makes anti-piracy software Denuvo, has developed a new product to fight against Switch piracy called Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection in an atte...

Space for the Unbound Devs Accuse PQube Games of Withholding Grants for Leverage

A Space for the Unbound developers Toge Productions and Mojiken Studio have accused publisher PQube Games of withholding money gained through a diversity fund meant to help underrepresented d...