I have a very strong preference for single-player RPGs because of my playstyle and interests, but every time I’ve considered picking up an online multiplayer game to try, the anxiety surrounding how other players will react to my lack of skill and my gender identity has always kept me from doing so. The closest I get…

I’ve been waiting so long for this game! This is perfect timing, as the production of Hamlet that I’ve been dramaturging opens tonight.

I have definitely tossed my cats in this manner. They are cats. They are bouncy. They toss themselves more violently than she tossed that cat. When I saw this headline, I expected to see some hardcore cat-tossing in that clip, but that was really just a normal cat-human interaction in which the human is doing a thing…

These characters are also problematic for similar reasons.

I have bipolar disorder type II with rapid cycling, and I’ve only recently started to be open about it. This is partly because I’ve finally found a medication that keeps me incredibly stable and partly because I think it’s important for people living (mostly) successful lives despite a serious mental illness to be…

I’m giving a talk next month about how media depictions of the mentally ill reinforce social stigma. Looks like I have another example!

There aren’t a lot of people in my town playing it, either, which I think is a shame. I’ve completely stopped playing Pokemon Go in lieu of being a wizard, and I think it would be boring to go back to it.

But is there couch co-op? If so, this seems like a viable Diablo III replacement for me and Boyfriend, although I find the lack of Squirrel Girl disturbing. Ms. Marvel makes up for it, though!

My boyfriend and I jumped in two months ago because I swore I’d never play til I could be a Viera, and lo and behold, now I can be a Viera. I started as a cat person, though, and if we stick through it til the end of the base game plot, I hear I get a free Fantasia, so I will transform myself into bunny lady glory.

It’s really too bad that Konami has entered into this exclusivity deal with Amazon. I stopped patronizing this abusive, unethical, tax-evading behemoth last year, cancelling my Prime subscription and carefully planning my online shopping so that I never have to resort to giving them my money directly (though it’s…

My partner is ALSO a Gangly Scarecrow who has a lot of trouble gaining weight (despite eating three to four PBJs every day). It took some work to convince him to get rid of his XXL shirts, and it still takes work to coax him into going shopping, but when I do get him into a fitting room, we’ve had really good luck…

UGH, this is not the second-gen Switch I was waiting for! I was hoping for an improved design with the original concept, like when Sony came out with the PS4 Slim.

Is this function available in all dungeons? I’ve just been avoiding dungeons all together because I don’t want to deal with other players telling me how bad I am, because it’s not news to me.

I have been exclusively playing the game with this mod, and it makes me so happy. I do wish there was some thematically appropriate music built in other than Generic Classical Music Tracks A through C, though.

While I was playing Xenoblade Chronicles, I frequently just let the game sit on the title screen for awhile so I could listen to the music. Oh, and watch the sunset, because sunsets in this game are gorgeous.

I’d count several games you’ve listed among my favorites, but an obscure gem is the tactics JRPG Stella Glow. It’s very, very anime-tropey, but if you can get past that, it’s such a fabulous game. Think Madoka Magica meets Final Fantasy Tactics. While the strategy isn’t as deep or complex as FFT, I found a slightly…

Watch a subtitled version with the original Japanese voice actors. They just really nail all the characters and their iconic angst. Also, did Netflix put The End of Evangelion movie up, too? If not, you need to track that down to watch after you watch the series. It raises more questions than it answers about the…

I love this now that I’ve read the full exchange. My general problem with large-breasted video game characters is that the often copious jiggling makes it clear that these women are not wearing bras, and as a woman with large breasts myself, I know that this is very stupid. I literally cannot exercise unless I am…

I definitely have a “do I Pokemon or do I wizard” existential crisis, but Wizards Unite is an actual game, whereas Pokemon Go is mostly a series of rewards for walking at this point. I’ve played Pokemon Go from day one, but now when I “play,” I mostly leave it in my pocket while listening to podcasts and check it…

During battles, do you have to control the camera? I can’t hold a controller properly because of tendonitis, so camera control during battles is very difficult for me, and I’m worried that the choice to change the battle system to action rather than turn-based means I’m going to have a really hard time playing this…