As far as media goes, I don't generally talk about anything other than games on here. I might drop the occasional wrestling post, but I usually keep those posts hidden in the secret vault. I have a letterboxd and occasionally talk about shows and movies I watch over on bluesky but for my blog... I don't feel like I have the expertise to stray too far out of my lane. While I have a unique view and perspective for games, for other stuff I feel like I am talking over those who are more articulate and better informed(See, I can talk about wrestling because the people who know more about wrestling than me know so much less about everything else in the god damned world that their opinions don't count for much).
so I'm not here to say anything new about Neon Genesis Evangelion. If you want to learn about it, just go dig through the incredible evageeks wiki. In fact, I'm going to assume you already know about Eva. What I'm here for is to talk about myself, how Eva almost got teenage me committed, two dead grandmothers, and the experience of forcing the show and its incredible movie on my poor Mother and Sister.
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I like having nice, well balanced takes on things, sometimes getting lost in nuance in ways that muddle my point. But anyone who follows me knows that some days I just to give in. I just have to be a hater.
Anyone who follows me knows I have a deep seated hatred of Achievements. Not so much the vague concept of little extrinsic goals, which have been in gaming for decades. No, what I hate is the institution of Achievements. That these are a standardized thing that must exist, on the s...
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It feels slightly challenging talking about a game from someone you've worked with. Doric, creator of Dungeon Gals, was also the FM Synth wielding musician for Moonlight Duelists. She did an incredible job for me, which might make me a bit biased, but I would argue if she can make incredible things for me, she can surely make incredible things out of the feelings in her heart for herself.
Dungeon Gals is a Polycule Puzzler Platformer, of the intensely sapphic and queer vari...
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Questions asked by Psychbomb for an article on censorship, including Itch, IGDB, and Backloggd. You can read that article here
1. What do you think about Moonlight Duelists works best as a story between women?
It's hard to have a story about a man inflicting violence on a woman and have it not be about gendered power imbalance. That's a very important topic, but it's a societal one more than a personal one and most readings would lose the personal nuance. A male Bao would be a story about...
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