Games and Gaming, Social Deconstruction

Video Game Metas and the Logic of Failure

Check out the end for book sales and deals from indie authors. Thereโ€™s a style of online game called a โ€œHero Shooter.โ€ Think Overwatch, Team Fortress 2, or my recent time sink, Marvel Rivals. For the uninitiated, the gameplay loop is two teams of six fight each other for an objective. Either domination of a… Continue reading Video Game Metas and the Logic of Failure

Personal, Social Deconstruction

The Agendas Hidden in the American Marriage

Itโ€™s Valentineโ€™s Day this week. Weโ€™ll be spending it watching Korean horror movies. Because our first date by sheer happenstance was in February, my husband and I have also been together, officially, fifteen years (married eleven). We dated about a year before moving in together that next January, had ongoing conversations the whole time about… Continue reading The Agendas Hidden in the American Marriage