So I turn thirty-one this week. This statement is a little more impactful if you take into consideration that 1. I am a female1 and 2. I'm not making that number up; unlike most American females, ever since I hit thirty2 I really have no problem with admitting my age. You see, there are two ways of… Continue reading Levelling Up
Author: The Narrator
The Narrator is not a super hero, though she often plays one on public access TV.
The Good in Gaming
There's been a lot of negativity centered around gaming and "gamer culture" of late, some of it justified but most of it not. Rather than continue fruitless arguments about why objectivity is important and that gamers consist of more than just socially-repressed tech nerds and violent frat boys, I thought it might be a nice… Continue reading The Good in Gaming
Carry On.
I’ve always believed that there’s much to the world that most people never see, and that if you look closely and openly the answers to life’s questions are usually right there waiting for you to discover them. When I was younger, there was an interesting phenomenon where if I had a truly pressing question… Continue reading Carry On.
A Clover In The Snow
January tends to be a rough time for a lot of people - the holidays are over, the nights are long, and what remains of the days are cold, grey, and dreary. Morale is low, which is why so many of us set New Years resolutions that invariably fail; if it takes 30 days to… Continue reading A Clover In The Snow
Where Do We Go From Here?
A couple of weeks ago, while working on writing projects and half-watching the football playoffs with Baron, I looked up from my laptop just in time to see Freddy Kruger stab through a box of Chicken McNuggets before offering the tasty morsels to a machete-wielding Jason Voorhees. The act of kindness is repaid with Jason… Continue reading Where Do We Go From Here?
Resolutions
When I was growing up, every year on my birthday for as long as I can remember, I would get a call from my uncle asking me if I felt different being a year older. The elementary-aged me would respond in a fit of giggly "no, that's silly." Teenaged Me would give an exasperated sigh,… Continue reading Resolutions
Sugar and Cyanide: The Year in Review (Playlist 2014)
Another year gone by... 2014 was certainly a year of transition. Whether it was work, family, residence, you name it, every aspect of life for the Narrator was in a state of flux, and it showed. Now, at year's end, there are still some dark clouds on the horizon, but I can also see the… Continue reading Sugar and Cyanide: The Year in Review (Playlist 2014)
Play Nice in the Sandbox
Why GamerGate and others like it need to be a continuing conversation I want to start off by sharing a story I think helps exemplify exactly how I feel about GamerGate and similar controversies, and why they're so important. Bear with me for a minute. In the spring of 2002, during my senior year of… Continue reading Play Nice in the Sandbox
What Makes a Gamer?
I have never considered myself a "gamer." Despite my generation being the first one that really grew up with gaming consoles being mainstream, and the fact that between my parents' houses we had several different systems over the years, it was never something I really got into. While my brother and sister fought over who… Continue reading What Makes a Gamer?
Nectar of the Gods (Time Of Your Life)
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind, hang it on a shelf in good health and good time,Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial - for what it's worth, it was worth all the while.-Green Day, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Let me preface this post by stating that inebriated writing… Continue reading Nectar of the Gods (Time Of Your Life)
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