When I was seven, my mom put me on a diet. She used to tell me that I would be so pretty if I just lost weight. For context, my parents are old-school Taiwanese who are greatly invested in gender roles–except when they’re not. For example, they believe that a woman should work outside the… Continue Reading
FromSoft released Demon’s Souls in 2009. This was before I was into video games and I wouldn’t have been able to play it, anyway, because I don’t have a PS3. Now it’s because I don’t have a PS5, but we’ll get to that later. Dark Souls was released in 2011. That’s over ten years ago.… Continue Reading
I hate summer. With all my heart. The heat, the mosquito bites (to which I’m allergic), allergies, and did I mention the heat? By heat, by the way, I mean anything over 70. I really prefer under 60, but 60 – 70 is tolerable. I am at my happiest at 0. as long as I… Continue Reading
In reading my stories (Ask A Manager), there was a question about working at home with a 4-year old child constantly interrupting the OP. Her partner’s child, not hers. There were a lot of points made, but one really irritated the fuck out of me. It’s the second point made by this commenter, specifically this: “Low-energy”… Continue Reading
Dark Souls II (Scholar of the Frist Sin). Post number a million on it. Here was the last. Still playing it, currently in the absolute worst area of the game, barring the DLCs. It’s Shrine of Amana, and while it’s better in SotFS than it was in the vanilla game (apparently), it’s still grim. It’s… Continue Reading
I’m mad. I lit all the torches in The Gutter so that I could spawn the Gutter Denizen to get my favorite set, the Black Witch Set–and veil. But, I killed them on a platform and their drop fell below the platform–which meant I could not get it. I wikied it, and you can sometimes… Continue Reading
We’re on post five of Dark Souls II (Scholar of the First Sin) v. Elden Ring with no end in sight. I haven’t played Elden Ring in several days, which is weird. I also haven’t been able to summon in DS II because of the server issue, which is also weird. DS II is especially… Continue Reading
Yet another post about Dark Souls II (Scholar of the First Sin) because apparently, I can’t stop writing about it. Here is post three, which makes this, yes, post four. Why am I continuing to write about this? Because I’m still playing the game and I have more to say. I will always have more… Continue Reading
Post three about Dark Souls II versus Elden Ring. Well, mostly about DS II/Scholar of the First Sin (SotFS). Here is the second post about it; it includes a link to the first. I really do think FromSoft had a thankless task in making the sequel, but I must admit, post-Elden Ring, the game suffers… Continue Reading
I can’t today (the actual day of writing, not the day of posting). Not with the news from the Supreme Court. Expected, but still enraging. I did not come back form the dead–twice–for this. I need to let the fury simmer. I’ll be back tomorrow. Continue Reading