“Gaming is for everyone.” So the saying goes. I love Eurogamer, in part because they are fierce allies and advocates for minorities. Aoife and Zoe are both bisexual–and women. Zoe is neurodivergent, too (autistic and ADHD). They are very openly against all kinds of isms an celebrate PRIDE with, well, pride. They do a stream… Continue Reading
During GeoffCon, there were several new IPs being showcased. One of them was Lies of P by Round8 Studio. I had never heard of them before. They are a Korean studio. The publisher is Neowiz Games (apparently, also in on development), which is also Korean. I have another game (based on Korean folktales) published by… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I was writing about culture and how those who are outside it. Today at Ask A Manager, Alison reran a question about what topics you should not talk about at work. She gave a pretty standard response, and commenters in the commentariat ran with it. The very first commenter said something about avoiding G.R.A.P.E.S.… Continue Reading
I think often about culture because I’m so often outside it. I am in a culture that is a guess culture (Midwestern) and one that is even more a guess culture (Taiwanese). When my parents were here, my father would ask me I wanted to eat whatever they were eatting–like special delicacies such as mooncakes.… Continue Reading
I go through my life being a weirdo and pretty much ignoring all the evidence that I am a weirdo because I know I’m a weirdo and I don’t really care. Most of the time. Plus, that’s too many uses of the word ‘weirdo’ in one sentence. But I’m making a point. The point being… Continue Reading
In wtaching the Outside Xbox/Xtra crew doing their hypemeter reaction to GeoffCon, I was cracking up because Mike was the grumpy old man of the group. That’s how he always is during these kind of events. One year, he was saying, “Enough anime bullshit!” which made everyone laugh, but was actually kind of rude. This… Continue Reading
I think it’s safe to say that I love Elden Ring (FromSoft). I’m still playing the game on a regular basis. I have the first character waiting at the end of the game because I know better than not to have a late-game character in NG ready for the DLC. Why do you need to… Continue Reading
Most of the time, I don’t care about being in on the hot thing of the moment. I’m fairly impervious to being manipulated by commercials and the like. Marketing doesn’t work on me–mostly. I have my weak points. One is the Xbox One controller. I love it to an unhealthy degree. I hate the PS4… Continue Reading
Ask A Manager posts a new post around 11 p.m. (Minnatime) Sunday night – Thursday night. Last night, I read the post for today and immediately knew it was going to be, shall we say politely, a fucking shit show. One of the questions was from someone who was a member of Overeaters Anonymous and… Continue Reading
I’m still thinking about anarchy per my convo with Ian yesterday. In this case, though, I’m thinking about it in terms of business norms and how they’re used to keep people in line. I was reading an Ask A Manager post from 2016. It was from a manager who wanted to tell her young report… Continue Reading