Paired Games to Play with Your “Sore Loser” Partner
Sam and Steve often find themselves wanting to snuggle up on a couch together, controllers in hands, ready to be immerse in a video game together. Finding video games to play with your someone special can be really difficult. In a landscape of AAA hyper-competitive titles, it becomesContinue 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...
Overthought
Short fiction – 487 words Sipping on coffee this morning, Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” is all I hear in my mind as I stare blankly out my bay window. Ear worms are the worst kind of worms, I think. There’s no squishy feel to them andContinue 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...
Photos in Pike Place Market: Night & Day Experience Review
For our anniversary, we had the privilege of booking a fantastic Airbnb experience with Cameron Thomsen Photography, twice. The results were so nice, we decided to share them both here so that you can choose the best experience option for yourself! First of all, Cameron is a trueContinue 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...
Indie Video Games I Can’t Forget
Arise: A Simple Story by @Piccolo_Studio and UntoldTalesHQ A narration-less story told in beautiful landscapes. Themes of grief, love, and perseverance make this small game mighty. Sayonara Wild Hearts by AnnaPurna Interactive and @Simogo A playable pop album! Coming back after a heartbreak! Kissing dragons! Story narration byContinue reading...
How I Met Sam
I grew up in the south, mostly in South Carolina, but spent most of the first 5 years of my life in Georgia. I started kindergarten in Augusta, GA, and then we moved to Greenwood, SC where I had the second half of kindergarten. I barely remember either.Continue reading...