I really liked the Steven Universe mobile game, Attack the Light. It reminded me of a watered-down Super Mario RPG with bite-sized levels and touch controls appropriate for a smartphone. Naturally, I was pretty excited for its sequel, Steven Universe: Save the Light, a full console title available for Xbox…
Happy Chanukah! The last quarter of the year feels about five times as long as all the rest. Daylight gets shorter, the school semester gets more intense (hello, end-of-term papers to mark!), and I get more stressed out. But class is over, and I’m chilling in the eye of the…
Whoa-oa, we’re halfway there! Whoa-oa, 50% through 2017! April through June contains both my most and least stressful times of year. End of semester = ton of marking (imagine a Looney-Toons style billion-ton anvil dropping from the sky). May is full of wrap-up-the-term work meetings, half of which I missed…
It’s difficult to believe 2017 is only 25% over. Because of their position in the school year and my general mood cycle, January, February, and March are the most intense part of my year. That’s why I’m always looking for new entertainment, tools, and practices to make them go easier than previous…
Gather round, haters! I’d like to tell you about a little something I call “why Pokémon GO is an OK thing for grown adults to enjoy.” Obviously, I’m biased. I’m a grown adult: I can legally vote, drive, and sign contracts; I am fortunate enough to be gainfully employed in…
This year, I tried for the second time to play an installment of Phoenix Wright, mystery-solving, case-winning video-game lawyer extraordinaire. And, for the second time, I gave up in frustration close to the beginning of the game. I did this even though this particular game was a crossover with Professor…
Back last spring, I bought myself a PS Vita. It’s not that I’ve given up on Nintendo; I still love my 3DS and steal turns on Boyfriend’s Wii U. It’s just that I love Mario and Zelda so much that I’ve already blitzed through the games I want to play.…
For my birthday this year, I asked my Ottawa friends to make me a game. See, I don’t like Apples to Apples. I find it boring — a rapid-fire barrage of concepts rather than the prompts for interesting conversations or witty jokes. That’s also part of why I dislike Cards…
What do boy wizard Harry Potter and Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum have in common? Apart from messy black hair? Answer: another kid against whom competition feels personal. Someone competing at the same level but for the other side. Someone whose actions hike up the in-story tension. In short… a rival.
Labour Day is fast approaching, and with it the crisp weather and colourful foliage of fall. If, like me, you work in academia or education, the more intense part of your job is on the horizon (or already here, depending on whether, like me, you left all your planning for the end…