The rambling, nonsensical thoughts of a super nerd who loves video games, comic books, cupcakes, coffee, and cats. The opinions displayed here are my own and not those of any of my employers.
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Happy Galentine’s Day!
Most of my favorite ladies live far away and I miss them terribly. I’m thinking of you guys today. <3
My Favorite Games of 2012
It’s the end of another year, and since I once again spent an inordinate amount of time playing video games (and writing about them), I wanted to celebrate the ones I loved the most. This is mostly just for me, but I’ll be happy to hear what choices you agree with (or, much more likely, don’t agree with). So, out of all the games I’ve beaten or played extensively, here are my favorites—maybe not the most technically impressive, or the highest rated, but the ones that meant the most to me.
And like last year, I’ll hand out some arbitrary awards as well, because it’s my blog and I can do what I want.
Rowling wrote Hermione to eschew stereotypes. She doesn’t end up with the hero; she is never there to function as Harry’s love interest. She prefers Arithmancy to Divination in school. Hermione is also a total badass, despite her prim and proper reputation. (…) So often, female characters are allowed to be aggressive or rebellious, but in exchange are stripped of any traditionally feminine qualities and instead are forced to pick up traditionally masculine traits. However, Hermione is never made to do that. Most notably, she is written to be highly logical AND emotionally expressive, a combination not commonly afforded to most of today’s leading ladies.
Liz Feuerbach, The Women of The Harry Potter Universe (via writingadvice)
New York Comic Con Coverage!
New York Comic Con 2012 has come and gone, and while I did get infected with the con flu, it was worth it. I only went for two days, but I got to see a handful of awesome games, and my coverage has now been posted on The Escapist. But, if you don’t want to go searching, here’s a handy page with links to all of my previews, as well as some general opinions about what I saw!
I don’t smile a lot, and people often think that means I’m unhappy, or I don’t like them, or I’m tired. I call it my default face.
The Wii U is Coming and I Have FEELINGS About it
This morning, Nintendo announced the launch date and pricing for the Wii U.
I had already called GameStop once to see if they were taking pre-orders yet.
All these "Call Me, Maybe" memes blow the actual song out of the water.
Batman: Your parents just died
Batman: And this is crazy
Batman: But here's some hot pants
Batman: So suit up, maybe
Dick: what
Batman: I cope with grief by
Batman: adopting babies
Batman: So now you're Robin
Batman: My sidekick, maybe
Skyrim and Civilization V: DLC Designed to Ruin My Life
Two of my biggest gaming obsessions in recent memory are Sid Meier’s Civilization V and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I’ve put over 150 hours into each title, which probably seems like a lot to normal people. So naturally, the two games teamed up to release DLC within a month of each other in a massive conspiracy to make my life grind to a halt.
E3 2012: My Five Favorites
Though E3 is the most strenuous, exhausting thing I put my body and mind through, I had an amazing time. I bombarded Twitter and Facebook with E3 impressions, and wrote many previews for The Escapist. Here’s the TL;DR version.
