No Gas Required: Our Shockingly Fun EV Road Trip!
Hi-5ing the East Coast: An Electric Odyssey in a Hyundai IONIQ 5 The open road. The wind in your hair. The thrill of a new adventure. The stall of nature in the form of a line of baby raccoons. These are the hallmarks of the classic American roadContinue reading...
Steve’s History of Handhelds
Off the heels of Sam’s post about handheld gaming, I thought I would chronicle my history of handhelds and why I think they are also great. I have always been more of PC gamer than a console gamer, but handhelds have mostly been a different category since youContinue reading...
Video Games for English Reading Skills
Reading can seem like a skill for some that feels elusive and/or challenging. Is this you? During my career as an English Second Language educator, I racked up a small list of the games I occasionally used to spark an interest in reading – at any age! AndContinue reading...
Gaming for a Grateful Mind
If you like video games and struggle with the Big Sad Boss fight of daily life sometimes, read on for my suggestions of games with written reflection practices. Video Games Can Provide an Intentional Space for Creative Expression Historically, humans have used expressive writing to document and persuadeContinue reading...
Kind Words – A Game for Cozy Encounters with Humanity
Lately, Steve and I have been taking more frequent mental health walks around our neighborhood. During one walk, I started telling Steve about how I could not understand why the indie video game Kind Words wasn’t more popular – especially in the “cozy” social media spaces I haveContinue reading...
Return the Gaming Console to My Hands, Please!
Recently, I had the opportunity to tell Jeff Grubb how much I loved his YouTube series Game Mess Mornings. I felt starstruck as we both chatted about our affinity and frustrations of video game journalism. For me, a lot of my specific frustrations come from the lacking ofContinue reading...
Samsung Z Flip5 – One Month Review
The new Samsung Galaxy ZFlip5 is definitely a head-turning phone. I battled so much with it’s novice allure that I occasionally even tried peer pressure on friends to get the first buy-in. Eventually though, I caved to the trade in and… this lead me down a rabbit holeContinue reading...
Nintendo Live 2023
We won lottery tickets to the first ever North American Nintendo Live event held this year in Seattle, Washington. This event was tied into the larger PAX West 2023 event, which we will also write about in a separate post later. These events are like the annual DisneyContinue reading...
From Flip Phone to… Flip Phone?
See table below for the full list of phones I only had a few feature phones as a teen. The Audiovox was cool since it was my first phone ever. The Wafer was neat since it was so thin, but they had a defect where calls sounded horribleContinue reading...