Just finished playing this game through 3 times. Yep, you read that right—and this from a person who hates repeating anything. But part of the mystery and charm of Highland Song is that you never make the same journey twice. Moira is 15 and hates her mom in the unserious way that most 15-year-olds do.Continue reading “Loading…Review of Highland Song”
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Wednesday’s Child/Loading…Review of Gris
This is the most beautiful game I’ve ever played, and I’ve played a lot of beautiful games. In fact, art style is a major factor for me in choosing a game in the first place and in my ultimate rating of it. For example, Final Fantasy 7 makes pretty much every list of best gamesContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child/Loading…Review of Gris”
Loading…Review of Death’s Door
As I sat down to write this post, I was reminded of the Portlandia skit, “Put a bird on it!” Because truly you can get me to buy almost anything with a raven or crow in/on it (or any corvid, really–I’ll take that magpie print and those piñon jay dishtowels, too, thank you). I’ve lovedContinue reading “Loading…Review of Death’s Door”
Loading…Review of Tunic
I’m inaugurating a new series on the blog with this post because I finally have gotten up the courage to come out as a gamer. I didn’t think of myself as a gamer until recently for a couple reasons: 1. Up until the Pandemic, I was pretty sporadic, and I usually just played little gamesContinue reading “Loading…Review of Tunic”
Wednesday’s Child: Leveling Up
I have decided that recovering from a divorce like mine that involved narcissistic discard, Wife Abandonment Syndrome, or the like (or perhaps from any divorce, I don’t know) is like playing a video game. You start out with a lot of hand-holding from experts, and so you make a lot of progress at first. AtContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Leveling Up”
Loading…Review of Legend of Zelda—Breath of the Wild
For the last 9 months or so, I’ve spent a good chunk of my spare time riding horses, paragliding, cutting grass with a sword, scaling cliffs, falling shrieking to my death off cliffs, shooting scales off dragons, moving car-sized metal blocks around with a magnet, foraging mushrooms, fending off unwanted advances from giant fairies, changingContinue reading “Loading…Review of Legend of Zelda—Breath of the Wild”
The Rookery 