(Beware: This post contains spoilers from Stranger Things and Stranger Things Season 2) Anyone who knows me knows I really can’t do horror. Sure, I can read it, but other than that, it’s a no-go. I avoid horror movies, shows, video games, you name it, like the plague, for my […]
Jynx Boyne
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I recently started playing Monster Hunter Stories on the 3DS. I originally thought that it was just the kind of a game that could tide you over until Monster Hunter World comes out in January, but man, this game is fun! I don’t think I’ve had this much fun playing a game in a […]
Spoiler alert: This post contains some spoilers for Nier: Automata. I suggest playing through ending E before reading to avoid any spoilers. My partner, Alex, is home, and that means we can finally start chipping away at the ever-increasing backlog of games that I collected over the year that he was […]
Trigger Warning: Mentions of Rape, Sexual Assault During my last year of college, I took a film course while getting my English minor. The course itself was pretty fun: an in depth analysis of “bad” film and what made it so bad. The instructor, however, was horrible. While I have […]
Last Saturday, March 11th, my roommate, Nico, and I took part in the Gaming for Good 24 hour livestream. This time, we were raising money for the American Civil Liberties Union, and we met our initial goal (We’re still taking donations till March 31st, however, if you still want to […]
A few weeks ago, episode 145, Sometimes You Have to Kill Things: On Games and Self-Care focused on self care and games. Basically the folks chose the games that they play when everything else seemed to be slightly unbearable. The games to “soothe the soul,” as it were. I wasn’t on that podcast […]
8days-Peace is our Business (not to be confused with the title 8 Days, the canceled PS3 game). is a dual-stick 8 bit shooter by Santa Clara Games. It released in 2015 for the PC and was ported to the PS4 and XBox One February 7 of this year. The copy […]
It’s the holiday season, and I’m seeing a lot of interaction from friends talking about visiting families and holiday parties. Some friends are back at homes where they are loved and accepted; some friends are not. Some friends are with the family they were born into, and some friends are […]
This article spoilers for Dark Souls and Bloodborne in entirety. “Remember, there are no happy endings in Dark Souls.” Wise words from my partner that I rapidly chose to ignore almost as much as Rule 1 (Don’t Get Greedy). It’s not that I wanted to ignore these. I typically take […]
This contains possible spoilers for The Last Guardian. It was like coming home. For a brief moment I looked around the room for my mother, or brother, or sister, or father. The people who had been around when I started the journey with these games. Shadow of the Colossus, a […]
The following article may contain spoilers for Final Fantasy XV and its surrounding universe. So Final Fantasy XV came out last week. Honestly, by now, it should be no mystery that I’m probably one of the least excited people in the world about that. Though I tried to keep my […]
It’s somewhere around 2001 or 2002. My twin sister and I have asked for a Game Boy Advance and Pokemon Silver for Christmas. My dad is not too happy about it. He tells us that gaming systems like that will make us “antisocial” and that games are something that should […]
Spoiler Alert: This article contains heavy discussion of the plot and characters of Supergiant Games’ Transistor. I should state now, as a white person who can pass very easily (despite wishing I didn’t) as a straight woman, I have a lot of privilege. I had a lot of privilege before […]
>>>Spoiler Alert! This article discusses spoilers associated with Bioschock, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Harry Potter, Final Fantasy VII. <<< When I was younger, my sister and I used spoilers as a way of revenge. You really knew that you’d pissed the other off if they went and did research on […]
Trigger Warning: This article contains descriptions of suicide attempts and depressive episodes. This article contains spoilers for Undertale’s Neutral and True Pacifist Route. — There’s a kid sitting on the roof of a house. They’re only two stories up, but they think they’re high enough. They’ve been up there for […]
Nine strangers sit in a circle, myself included, as my partner walks around. He’s waiting to see who we vote for. Because at least two of the people in the circle are Werewolves, and have been eating villagers left and right. The village had already failed to identify the Werewolves […]