One of those Moments – Isolde and Galahad

Galahad and Isolde from The Order 1886 have one of the most intriguing and fascinating moments I as a lover of romance in games have ever come across.It's one of those moments when you sit up, take notice and take notes. At least I did. There's a lot to be said about The Order 1886... Continue Reading →

2020-02-12 0

Personal Development vs. Systemic Problems

an image showing two controllers, and superimposed the icon of feminism, a closed fist in a symbol for woman.

This is one of those blog posts where I don't have a scientific study to support my hypothesis, so please take this post with a grain of salt. It's an opinion and because of that, it's not scientifically proven. Nor should it have to be. I've been reading "A Very Stable Genius" about Trump and... Continue Reading →

2020-02-11 0

When design creeps up on you

a bunch of notebooks in boxes. There are a lot of them.

I have a ton of notebooks filled with texts like this one. The texts are reviews, thoughts, diary notations (and heavens if they're not embarrassing). One of them even has a note from a guy I was probably in love with, but too scared to say. All of them have game designs of different kinds,... Continue Reading →

2020-02-04 0

One of Those Moments – Kissing Cullen

I would totally be lying if I said that the kiss on the battlement is not one of my favourite moments in Dragon Age: Inquisition (thank you Brianne!), and I would also be remiss if I didn't include moments of romance in game moments I truly enjoy, because let's face it - one of the... Continue Reading →

2020-02-03 1

Critique needs to come from a place of knowledge

I think the thing that was most outrageous to me during GamerGate - in some ways regardless of what people actually thought about the GamerGate "movement" was the unwillingness or inability to even try to find out the facts. The same videos were regurgitated on the GamerGate side, none of them with a shred of... Continue Reading →

2020-02-02 0

One of those Moments – Anders blowing up the Chantry

I think it's safe to say that Dragon Age II has gone beyond the time limit for spoilers. Thus, I present to you the moment I knew that I would always expect more from games from that point forward. Anders blew up the chantry. He did so knowing full well what the consequences would be,... Continue Reading →

2020-02-01 0