Welcome back! My apologies it's been so long since I posted an episode. In the last few months, I've started a new job in a completely new field and am adjusting to a new schedule. Thankfully, I think this change will let me start to make content more regularly. Thank you for sticking it out… Continue reading Game on Girl: S4 E1 – Doug Bass and Flicking Finches
Greetings Gentle Listeners! This week Regina takes us back to the world of Lord of the Rings. She talks about what it's like to watch the trilogy now that she's a mom. Yes... it's been that long since she watched these movies. She touches briefly on how the movies have aged but really takes a… Continue reading Game on Girl S3 E9 – Watching Lord of the Rings as a Mom
Greetings, gentle listeners! This week, Regina interviews a regular from The Geek Embassy, Isabela Oliveira! Isabela is here to tell us about a Kickstarter she launched this week with her co-editor, Jed Sabin. It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility, just featured as a Project We Love by Kickstarter, will highlight stories of near-future sociopolitical or… Continue reading Game on Girl S3 E8 — Isabela Oliveira & It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility
Greetings Gentle Listeners! In this episode of Game on Girl, Regina interviews Amanda Gardner about her new game, Romancelvania! Amanda is a storyteller, writer, mom, teacher, and narrative director for The Deep End Games. Check out the episode to hear how she and her small band of merry game makers are trying to bring some levity to 2020 with… Continue reading Game on Girl – S3 E6 – Amanda Gardner & Romancelvania
This was recorded June 11, 2020. It was part of a series of Pride Month virtual panels hosted by Awesome Con and Rose City Comic Con, part of LeftField Media. The Geek Embassy Talks: Sexual IdentitiesHave you heard terms for sexual identity and wondered what they've meant? Do you have questions about what it means… Continue reading TGE Episode 81 – The Geek Embassy Talks: Sexual Identities
So, going off of last week’s power topic, today, we’re gonna be talking about power scaling. That is, when your characters get an increase in skill and badassery, they have to fight or meet people who can generally match them. Otherwise, well, there’ll be no concern whether or not they’re gonna win the next fight.… Continue reading Daylight Writing #8: Scaling Superpowers
So, let’s talk a bit about powers. And for the record, I don’t mean political powers, or Austin Powers, or even horsepower (more on that later). Instead, what I want to talk about is superpowers. We all know the tales of Superman and his amazing/OP set, how Spider-Man can sense danger, how Son Goku can… Continue reading Daylight Writing #7: Superpowers
Alright, today’s article is gonna be a special one. You might even say it’s queer. Now, at first you might think that LGBT is some kind of sandwich, like the BLT, but it’s not. LGBT is an initialism standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. Sometimes its expanded to LGBTQ, and the Q, in this… Continue reading Daylight Writing #6: LGBTQ Characters
As signs of spring start showing everywhere, it doesn't seem that long ago that I was still settling into my then-new apartment. It's weird to think back over the last year; finding what's changed, what's not. I'd like to think I've grown up a little since then, but perhaps not by much. Personal ramblings aside,… Continue reading Content Over a Year
These are some pretty scary times right now with the threat of the COVID-19 virus going around. Unfortunately, we are all at risk, and it affects us all. I know for me, I can get pretty overwhelmed with all the social media and news surrounding the virus. Sometimes, we need to turn our devices off,… Continue reading Mastering the Art of Staying Home!
