In my last post, I wrote about my feelings the first time I tried to play Dark Souls. I encourage you to read it before reading this post, which will be about my experience the second time around. I’m currently nearly halfway done with the game, so I expect I will write more posts on… Continue Reading
Dark Souls, Part One: It Has a Hold on Me
Editor’s Note: I have been obsessed with Dark Souls for the past month or so and am trying to figure out why. To that end, I’ve started two series on it–one that is about my experiences playing the game and one that is about how I feel about the game in general. There’s overlap, of course,… Continue Reading
Dark Souls: Why I Keep Playing This Game, Part One
Editor’s Note: I have been obsessed with Dark Souls for the past month or so and am trying to figure out why. To that end, I’ve started two series on it–one that is about my experiences playing the game and one that is about how I feel about the game in general. There’s overlap, of course,… Continue Reading
Toxicity Within the Gaming Culture: An Outsider’s Observation
Ed. Note: This post has been written over the last week or so. It’s not as cohesive as I’d like it to be, but I wanted to get it all out. Plus, I’m still getting my writing chops back, so keep that in mind as you read this post. It’s been a horrible couple of weeks… Continue Reading
Channeling My Inner Cyndi Lauper and Putting the Religious Right on Notice
The subject of birth control should be far from controversial. To many women, the only thing controversial about it is that we’re still fighting this battle. I’ve loved Cyndi Lauper since I first watched her video, Girls Just Want To Have Fun. This was back in the eighties, and she was the most outrageous person… Continue Reading
Religious Freedom For Thee, But Not For Me
Ed. Note: My thoughts are still jumbled on this. It’s really hard to get past incoherent rage. So, I apologize that this is going to be disjointed. It’s the best I could do. My reaction in reading the Hobby Lobby decision on Monday: FUCK YOU, SCOTUS, AND THE HOBBY LOBBY HORSE YOU RODE IN ON.*… Continue Reading
Conscious Discrimination in Gaming as in Life
Now that I’m dabbling in gaming culture, I’m seeing a common complaint by some gamers that I used to see in politics, and, indeed, in society in general. “Why do you have to bring ___________* into it? I just want to enjoy ____________** without any of that icky identity crap that goes with it!” In… Continue Reading
Quick Bites: Titanfall, AKA, STOMPY ROBOTS!!
Titanfall was an Xbox One exclusive (now on PC as well) by developer, Respawn Entertainment, and it debuted with all the hype that a next-gen game usually garners. I didn’t pay much attention because I don’t have an Xbone nor did I have a computer that could run Titanfall (let alone store it. 50 GB!!).… Continue Reading
Quick Bites: Cook, Serve, Delicious Review – It’s Scrumptious!
I was aware of Cook, Serve, Delicious (which shall be known as CSD for the rest of the post) way before I ever bought it. It was supposed to be a hardcore cooking sim, and all the reviews I read emphasized how hard it was. Now, I like my cooking games, but I like them casual. If I’m… Continue Reading
Quick Bites: Nuclear Throne – A Damn Addictive Game
There’s a little game that is still in Early Access on Steam that was given to me by Ian and that I didn’t touch when I first got it because it scared me. It’s called Nuclear Throne, and it took every ounce of my gaming mettle to fire up this game. I had watched Northernlion… Continue Reading