Warning: This piece may contain spoilers for Mass Effect 1, 2, and/or 3. Read at your own risk. Alternatively, please feel free to bookmark the post and come back to check it out after you finish your playthrough! The first post in my “Andrea Plays Mass Effect” series is right over here: Intro and Some Thoughts on Community. I have… Read more →
This past weekend I was at Geek Girl Con (YAY GEEK GIRL CON) and I’ll be writing about that tomorrow. Because that deserves its own post. But it was certainly ironic that this happened while on my way HOME from this particular convention. To give you a sense of my state of mind, yesterday I woke up at 4:20 in… Read more →
So while Elsa is off having fun in Seattle at Geek Girl Con, I thought I’d pause to write about geekery for a moment, or at least about a video game. I have three posts in mind on the Mass Effect trilogy, of which this is the first. WARNING: THIS SERIES OF POSTS (although not actually this particular post) WILL… Read more →
With the shutdown still looming, I woke up on 4 hours of sleep and turned on my happy music. My happy music happens to be mostly Broadway Musicals. Which resulted in me parodying a few. And here’s what you get: I Am Ashamed that Congress Is So Simple: (to the tune of “I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple”… Read more →
This Saturday at Geek Girl Con in Seattle, WA, editor & founder Elsa Sjunneson-Henry will be presenting a class and sitting on a panel on Saturday. I’m really excited to be attending Geek Girl Con this year because I love the idea of a con where I will feel safe. So let’s talk about what I’ll be doing! On Saturday… Read more →
As my husband and I were watching Downton Abbey last night, towards the beginning of the episode he remarked “I wonder how long they can keep this show going for. I mean, they’ll eventually have to kill off the Dowager, but they could go as far as WWII” We discussed the ways in which Downton would change. You see, Downton… Read more →
Today I played “Gone Home” the player directed investigative game by the Fullbright Company. Before I started playing, I had no idea if it would be accessible to me. I had no idea what the plot was like, if it was a horror game or something else. I knew nothing except that everyone I trust seems to fucking love it…. Read more →
So here I am, watching my new favorite Horror Crack – Sleepy Hollow. The first scene is a nightmare, it is a scary scene where Ichabod is interviewing someone in an interrogation room. Our favorite new Lieutenant enters the room, and sees that Ichabod’s eyes are clouded over. Just like mine. That is when I stop watching. I am so… Read more →
