The image for this post is from Hyperbole and a half and the post "This is why I'll never be an adult". When it comes to games, as in many other areas of my life, I have this intense need to cross every t and dot every i. This means that if I am able... Continue Reading →
Illumination
Gaslighting is a colloquialism for a specific type of manipulation where the manipulator is successful in having the target (a person or a group of people) question their own reality, memory or perceptions. There is often a power dynamic in gaslighting where the target is vulnerable because they are fearful of losses associated with challenging... Continue Reading →
The Naming of Things
I'm replaying GreedFall because - whee! DLC! - and I'm as impressed now as I was at my first playthrough, at the naming of things and places and people in that world. Teer Fradee, or Tír Fradí depending on where in the game it appears , Sérène, De Sardet, The Coin Guard. All of it... Continue Reading →
You Are Not All Gamers
So this is a post that’s been lurking in my mind for quite some time. The essence of it falls back to confusing taste with quality, and quality with taste. It also has to do with popular opinion which plays a massive part in how games are perceived and received. Hear me out. Just because... Continue Reading →
That Moment You Know You’ll Finish the Game
This is just a brief musing on that exact moment when you know you’ll finish a game. In Dragon Age: Origins when first talking to Alistair. His comment about mages and me being a mage and thinking “I have to know where this goes.” In Mass Effect, in the sickbay after waking up from a... Continue Reading →
Representation Matters
When Chadwick Bozeman passed, it only took looking at social media to realize that his passing had an enormous impact. His life had an even bigger impact. I can not even begin to understand the feeling, seeing the Black Panther where Black people were heroic, powerful. If it was anything near the impact of seeing... Continue Reading →