“We are so back.”

― LocalThunk

So, if you know me, you know that I’ve been struggling for years with this sort of motivational writers block thing. It tries to come’n’go, but for the most part this has been a feature of my life since Alabama happened to me.

As of late, however, I’ve been working on changing that! Now it’s just uh. Matter of completing something. Before it was this overwhelming desire to create and having no ability, now it’s this like. Ability to create without a project pushing me onwards..? I keep starting stuff and then getting all grumpy about it and starting a new thing.

Not something I’m used to!

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A funhouse is a linear sequence of scares. Take it or leave it is the only choice given.

― Max Payne 2

I have no intent on making this blog into just “Elle talks about video games,” but I needed a writing warmup and figured talking about the game I just finished would be fun. So, uh, Elle talks about video games. Cope.

I picked up Evil West at full price on launch day which…normally that’s a bad idea these days, especially considering I’d gone in basically blind. I’m not the greatest at the uh…hype management thing. But I had money to spare and the initial reviews I kept hearing said, in essence, “It’s boring because it’s a PS2 character action game with shiny graphics and nothing else.” Which. That’s a compliment.

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“What do you despise? By this are you truly known.”

― Frank Herbert, Dune

So I mentioned in the introduction post that I was gonna write a post on why I fuckin hate The Witcher, and…I don’t have anything else to do today besides stew in the sweet sweet stench of mald, so I may as well get that one out of the way.

And, of course, if you’re reading this and ab-so-fucking-lutely LOVE The Witcher? Cope? Seethe? Mald? Cry about it? I dunno man. I don’t hate all of the fans, nor am I the type to go mald about it at people unprompted (typically). This is an exception. The Witcher makes me a salty bitch.

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