Playing pretend
When disinformation and propaganda are everywhere, it feels all the more important to remind myself what fiction can be
Dear Mother
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How do I stop getting motion sickness from video games?
"I turn out to get really motion sick, and sometimes get visual migraines, especially from first person games."
How do you write about games?
"I always end up just saying some variation of 'It's very interesting and fun!'"
Dear Mother, what should I play while the baby sleeps?
It's never too early to start training a baby gamer, right?
Dear Mother, what do you do when the fascists get you down?
"When you’re acting in good faith, it’s hard to understand that other people simply aren’t giving you that good faith back."
Dear Mother: Can games help me stay in touch after I move away from my family?
"I’m about to make a big life move away from my family into a completely different, opposite time zone..."
Dear Mother: Why can't I seem to finish games?
"What can I do to stay on track with my games? Should I even try to?"
Dear Mother: It feels like everyone's played these video games. Should I?
How important is the video game canon, after all?
Dear Mother...
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