(You don’t always get the option that you wanted most, the one that fits your idea of what your character is. Sometimes all you get is the options you are left with.) Evie Belin stood in the shadow of the Tops Casino, it’s lights casting an unnatural hue on her mismatched clothing. She adjusted her…
Tag: video games
PlayDiary: Loosely, on MMOs and My Disconnection
I have trouble feeling connected to things. In individual instances I want to blame the things I can’t connect to, but history shows me that it’s probably me. A couple of weeks ago I finished up my work travel “season”, which had culminated in the month of August having maybe six days during which I…
Video Game Visibility Project: WoW, Abyss Odyssey, Nights, Free Games, FFXIV, also a Podcast
I’ve been letting myself get behind on the Video Game Visibility Project, in part because I wanted to get my PlayDiary Yuna post up first, and it took longer than expected. Much as I am excited about Video Game Visibility Project, I don’t want it to be the only thing, ever, on my blog. I…
PlayDiary: FFX and a New Lease on Yuna
I’ve been playing Final Fantasy X lately, on Vita, slowly, in intermittent pieces, mostly on planes. In between the waves of “holy shit this looks so good!”, I’ve been surprised by how unfamiliar and outside my expectation the characters are. I didn’t play FFX in its era, but I did watch Thom play quite a…
Video Game Visibility Project – Quakecon Headset, Received as Gift
Here’s the first “received as gift” edition of the Video Game Visibility Project: a Quakecon 2014 headset. This year was the first Quakecon I’ve missed since 2009 (We had bought Forecastle Festival tickets before Qcon dates were announced, and they were the same dates) so a friend picked this up for me. This is actually…
Giveaway Winners Announcement + Video Game Visibility Project: Humble Jumbo 2
My 100 followers giveaway has ended, and prizes have been delivered. Alan won the Square Enix Bundle; Shadi and Mohamed each won a copy of Forge, and Luna won the surprise late addition prize, a Humble Jumbo Bundle 2. Thanks everyone who participated, it was a lot of fun. I might do another in the…
100 Followers Video Game Giveaway! Get a Humble Bundle!
UPDATED: New prizes added! See Below. A few days ago, my blog hit 100 followers on WordPress! This may not be a big deal in the overall scheme of things, but its kind of cool to me, so I’m doing a Rafflecopter giveaway to celebrate. The prize is a bundle of video games from Humble…
Video Game Visibility Project – Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster on PS Vita – Purchasing Gamer Girl Power
This year on my (30th) birthday, I promised myself that I would post a picture of myself with every gaming related purchase I make this year, along with a few details. The point is to be a visible customer to anyone who cares to see the varied face of game consumers, and also to satisfy…
Purchasing Gamer Girl Power – or – Video Game Visibility Project
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 30. And here is a picture of me buying a Playstation Plus card. (Or rather, bringing it home.) I’m not much for New Years resolutions. And also I failed out of the 365 Project a month in. But yesterday I made a birthday resolution. For the next…
The Anti-Anti List for February 19, 2014
The other day I listened to Beck’s new album. I was obsessed with Beck circa age 15. I lost touch a little in the Midnight Vultures era, but later realized that I get a little happier than usual every time a Beck song comes on, whether its Hell Yes or Devil’s Haircut or even Lost…
Zeno Clash – Same Game, Different Player
I just picked back up Zeno Clash, a game which I loved in spite of myself originally, but failed to complete on my first play through. I had started it circa 2009 or 2010, but then it, like most of the games I was playing, fell by the wayside when I got a job as…
Street Style in Guild Wars 2 (The Bastard Child of Two Unrelated Hobbies)
Occasionally, I like to combine two things that I like, whether they are usually done together or not. Today’s project: video games and street style. I’ve always been a screenshot taker; I still have a huge folder documenting my World of Warcraft life that I won’t delete. I’ve also always liked using unsophisticated cameras to…
Rika Confesses to Almost All of It 