In the theatre, I heard myself say, involuntarily and a little too loudly, “Damn, that boy is beefy.”

Admiral Ackbar really got shafted with his death. I just mentioned this to my boyfriend (who saw The Last Jedi with me on Friday), and he turned to look at me and said incredulously, “Admiral Ackbar died??”

There was a lot to like and a lot of eyebrow-raising to accompany that liking (especially when it came to the narratively pointless casino sidequest granted by Maz through the communicator drone she apparently keeps hovering beside her so she can answer random calls while actively engaged in a firefight). Mostly,…

I yearn for a Switch, but it’s long been my policy to wait until the second iteration of console hardware to buy it. How long do you think we’ll have to wait for a Switch model that fixes all of the issues with the first one in the way that the DS Lite and the New 3DS fixed many of the hardware issues present in their…

Yeah, I noticed this, too. I went to the Portland Retro Games Expo both this year and last, and in 2016, I got almost 200 streetpasses, while this year, I think I managed just under a hundred.

The 3DS continues to be my favorite portable system of all time, possibly my favorite system ever, and I will continue to cling to it stubbornly (as much as I do want a Switch).

As a human who wants to make games and has tried to make games but has discovered that she is a terrible programmer, this is an incredibly attractive thing that Media Molecule is making here.

I’m an actor, and if a director gave me the baffling note to play something “like an accountant,” I think I’d do what Redmayne did, too.

I understand the love for Jupiter Ascending. It’s so, so bad. But it’s so, so fun to watch Eddie Redmayne whisper-scream his way through two hours of needless special effects and amazing space costumes that I so, so love it. I feel ya, Gita.

Video games are a unique art form in that the meld audio, visual, and story elements to create an interactive world, and while I do occasionally play with the sound off on my 3DS if I’m in a crowded area, I dislike doing so immensely. A game’s music, in particular, is very important to me, as I’m a huge fan of several…

I stared at all of the GameStop deals for about 30 minutes, and then just bought Monster Hunter Stories with a gift card. It wasn’t even on sale, but my boyfriend has been playing it nonstop for two weeks, and I was getting jealous.

While I’m not sure it’s entirely analogous, my family is obsessed with a card game called pinochle, a needlessly complicated trick-based game that has three different play phases and a labyrinthine scoring system. I was taught to play at age 4. My father or uncle had to shuffle for me, and I used a special card holder…

SSRIs can be very effective, but their side effect profile is incredibly nasty and all-encompassing, especially with long-term use. In my own experience, Wellbutrin and Cymbalta both have relatively benign side effects, and they both increase sex drive in some people. My partner and I both suffer from serious mental…

I just think I haven’t been deeply involved in the culture of MMOs for quite some time, so it’s news to me. But the creation of virtual culture in general is just fascinating in every iteration.

With ads like this and the underlying attitudes they represent, isn’t it baffling that more women aren’t involved in e-sports? I sure am baffled.

The strangely detailed culture of FFXIV is endlessly fascinating to me, and I love these articles.

Dirge of Cerebus is the only shooter I have ever played to completion, and I loved it. This was likely because Vincent was always my favorite FFVII character, and I really enjoyed the expansion of the tragic backstory concerning his beloved. Since I haven’t played a lot of other shooters, and I had played even fewer…

The 3D is gorgeous also.

I like this concept of a “map game” because it perfectly encapsulates the biggest reason I don’t play many Western RPGs. The problem with these open-world scavenger-hunt find-all-the-sidequests games is that their stories must therefore by design lack a compelling and well-paced narrative arc. I like to play games for…

Suddenly, my boyfriend’s Portland Retro Games Expo cosplay is relevant.