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Our Stories: Diversity, Otherness, and Commonality
We live in a time when these gaps in the ability to connect are deliberately used to stoke the fires of fear inundating our media streams with the resulting mass violence, intense division, governmentally issued caging and deaths of children, and so fourth. Regardless of your stance on issues of politics, none of these represent the qualities and behaviors that we believe in nor stand for. We as a country are better than this. We as human beings are better than this.
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Adventure Goddesses Launch in Cincinnati
In a cozy game shop just north of Cincinnati, a group of adventurers meet monthly to hone their GMing skills. This peer support circle for women and non-gender conforming folks provides a supportive environment for each person in the group will take a turn at being...
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“You speak of destiny as if it were fixed”; or, you speak of excitement because the release date for His Dark Materials is fixed
In my younger years, I happily gobbled up any fantasy title I could find. There was a shelf of fantastic worlds, talking beasts, princesses, all with their own catalog of archetypes to discover and explore. Surprisingly enough, I...
read moreIndie Games 101, pt. 2
I’m back with some more indie game recommendations for you! This time all of the recommendations are pretty short games, ranging from 45min to 3 hours! Website: https://frogdetective.net/ Release Date: 2018 Developer: inkle Platforms: PC & Mac (Steam, itch.io)...
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Indie Games 101
I grew up playing video games with my friends, but around middle school I stopped feeling like there were as many games “for me” and I found other things to do with my time. But then in the end of college I started hearing about indie games for the first time... What...
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NaNoWriMo: Week 3
_________________________________________ Hello, friends! And welcome to week three of NaNoWriMo! - We are about two thirds of the way through the month, which means there's only the rest of this and next week left to go on your novels... *Cue furious nail biting* At...
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NaNoWriMo: Week 2
Hello, lovely friends, and welcome to week two of NaNoWriMo! I hope everyone's writing journeys are off to a good start. Perhaps you're completely on track with your goals through the first week of writing or perhaps, like me, you've already fallen woefully...
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Game Night, Friendship and Mental Health
I am an introvert, a geek and a woman of faith. And I suffer from a stigmatized mental illness. Nine years ago I was diagnosed with Bipolar II. I tend more towards Bipolar Depression than the highs of a manic episode, which has made meeting and making new friends...
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In Praise of Playful Adulthood
“Hand me a pirate head?” “Sorry. Still no pirate….do you see moveable legs?” “Nope…hey where’s Sofia?” “Shoot …hold on.” We’ve done it again, out kidded our kiddo and lost her in the Lego store. We find her seconds later gleefully picking through the other side of the...
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Waylaid on the “Isle of Dogs”
Waylaid on the Isle of Dogs Written by. Lizzy Martinez Illustrated map depicting the films origins which was originally conceived in the UK by Anderson, an American, who lives in Paris about a fictional location in Japan (shout out to the author's home in St. Louis)...
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