Control Resonant and inheriting male violence
Dylan never wanted strength, nor asked for any of this
"Swearing can be empowering and liberating for so many people... But it can be a little rough for people who have backgrounds with lots of verbal abuse"
"We're both decently experienced with games ranging from Gameboy to Switch 2, but my boyfriend less so..."
"I decided to show my girlfriend who knows nothing about video games Ni No Kuni."
"Playing with random people online is not particularly appealing..."
"There’s a lot of titles, and remakes, and spinoffs, and gold and royal editions…"
What if you shifted your mindset toward joy around watching her learn, rather than watching her win?
"A brief search online seems to show endless fields of lit-up rigs for sale; what drives that aesthetic?"
"I don't want to force my nesting partner to try to get into exactly the same things that I'm into when we already have so much important stuff in common. Am I just looking for a reason to be anxious?"
How do I fight the compulsion of falling into the comfort of the same game again and again, and play new games, see new worlds instead?