LOVE it when 2 gay man with a podcast thank Amber Glenn for being “a good ally and advocate”. It genuinely never crosses their mind that a woman might be an LGBTQ advocate because she is actually also a member of that community.

Harvestella love in 2026. You love to see it

What am I supposed to do with myself when the Olympic events for the day are over…..

How can you not be romantic about the Olympics

Sometimes you just gotta be a little tipsy and text your friends you love and miss them

Dude, you hear about this show M*A*S*H? It fucks!

“Lady fingers? Yeah, I sure hope she does!” - Zoe looking at the box of lady fingers I brought back from the grocery store

Hey, I know Blizzard confused everyone yesterday, but just as a reminder -- Bethesda is also a Microsoft studio, and is still part of the BDS boycott.

"why do you have to post and repost messages about the BDS boycott every time there's a new game announcement or set of trailers" because there's this weird phenomenon of active forgetting that Microsoft is a tech partner of one of the most heinous crimes against humanity happening on earth today

You can’t be naming your play that, man

Was not prepared for how big the book I picked up from the library today is

That sure is a shitton of Blizzard coverage on my skyline all of a sudden for people who like to talk big game about BDS.

*cough cough*

So we all remember Overwatch is made by Blizzard... which is owned by Microsoft... which is still on the BDS list... right?

New York Times is now the only real newspaper as such left in America. Grim for many reasons.

Shoutout to my father for suggesting that, instead of being unemployed, I just start a paid blog

I talk about this in today's Girl Mode ep but watching zoe play the bioshock games made me ask: is bioshock 2 the actual origin of the sad dad game?

Somehow Willa and Robin eventually get through the many detours of this episode (hand injuries, bisexual Zohran, etc.) to talk about some games. There is a report on Zoe saving the galaxy and heading to Rapture as well as Robin going up in Valkyrie Saga and Cairn. shows.acast.com/6393ec46b89a...

Cant even read a story about tuna melts without heated rivalry popping up, smh

When will they let mario and friends play baseball again

Following my own advice, I’m Wallace! I run my own games-focused site called Exalclaw, and also have pieces at sites including AV Club Games, Unwinnable and Stop Caring. Will be threading some recent work, starting with this piece on Unbeatable, space and grief: unwinnable.com/2026/01/23/f...

Older woman love asking me to grab things from tall shelves or watch their cart when at the grocery store fingers crossed that one day this is how I’ll meet my MILF

I do not recommend having to get stitches in your hand if you 1) type a lot 2) do most of your households cooking

In which I try to define the “Swagless Game.” www.polygon.com/code-vein-2-...

For anybody following the “Zoe plays bioshock” saga we are through 1 & 2 (haven’t started Minerva’s den though)

Kansas has passed a bill that would revoke trans people's drivers licenses, forcing them to surrender them for replacements. It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money. It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override. Subscribe to support our journalism.

My wife follows a weather account that arbitrarily rates each day in the city and it makes me unusually angry because whenever it’s cold at all it’s a 1/10 and then they throw around 10/10s in summer. SEASONAL BIAS. I can’t explain how she brings it up to make me mad on purpose. Kill bill sirens

Do you want to be a girl who pinnacles or a bitch who cums

Thanks for this memory Google Photos

Be the change you want to see in the world (I’m thinking about writing lili/catherine love through a prism fanfic)

Remember Bayonetta Origins?

One piece of advice i always want to give people (especially cis people) when news like this happens (which is often) is that maybe just see how your trans friends/family are doing. Just say "hey i saw this, how are you doing?" You might be surprsied how infrequently that happens for some of us

im starting to think that, contrary to popular belief, it does not in fact "get better"

It has now been four years

Thys was my Heated Rivalrye

highlights include: all updated driver's licences/birth certificates are now invalid & must be replaced w sex at birth & if you accuse someone of being trans in a bathroom you get $1000

Re-upping at the end of this month just to say I am still open to all freelance/part or full time work. I’m a great addition to any newsroom needing quick and accurate coverage or insightful reviews. Also happy to do marketing/pr work on the other side of things. Keep me in mind! I’ve got bills!

Listen we all want me to shut up about my thoughts on criticism but I got nothing to better to do. A job would stop me from philosophizing on the timeline.

Criticism has many purposes for the audience, including giving more perspectives to consider on a piece of art. It opens how we think. That being said I actually DO think its ok, and even necessary at times, for a critic to tell the audience why it might be bad to enjoy something

*reading cairn reviews* Mhm, hmm, I see. Getting some baby steps vibes

I’m seated on the subway wearing all black and have my black hair and across from me is a girl with pink hair wearing all white and pink. This too is yuri

I feel bad for all the therapists who are forced to learn way too much about the state of games journalism. They did not ask for this

*me to myself while rambling around the city being a little depressed* this is just like perfect tides: station to station

Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.

Watching Zoe play bioshock (and by extension having my first real exposure to the game in years) in 2026 is a wild experience

I’m getting reports deadlock now has a pretty vampire lady? Huge if true, also how does nobody tell me these things?

After taking a break for the longest week in human history (and the customary annual lay-off of one of our hosts), we’re back to talk about two interesting games: one we like and one we don’t. How novel. shows.acast.com/6393ec46b89a...

I’m canonically the same height as Diana. Just saying You gotta take your wins where you can folks

Girl isn't even trying. Barbara Minerva, we know what you are

Curiosity is an essential for any good bit of criticism. And what makes a great pan so satisfying to read is a clear curiosity matched with a ruthless investigatory instinct. When someone understands a work inside and out and despises it anyway, that‘s when hate can become a thing of beauty.