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Until Dawn (The Video Game)

Until Dawn is one of those pleasant surprises you get when you aren’t expecting anything good to happen and Sony is already touting that it will be a sleeper hit for the PS4. Yes, the graphics are a bit off since the motion caption and game cynematics where supposed to be for the PS3 but […]

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Understanding the Introverts in Your Family

Growing up in a household of introverts I was blessed to have the support I needed to develop my soft and hard skills. Granted, as the most extroverted of the introverts the road ahead was going to be easy for me and inside my family circle, I became the nerd whisperer. For those of you […]

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Limbo (The Video Game)

As fall approaches and the Halloween decorations start popping up, the scare factor becomes an effective marketing ploy to attract crowds to the gore and suspense of mystery and horror games. Classics like Silent Hill and the Resident Evil franchises get revisited and sometimes new titles are released during this season to capitalize on America’s […]

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Room

Lately, I have been playing horror and mystery video games that explore the dark side of humanity. What happens after death? Why are people cruel and mean to each other? How do humans cope with loss? Room, by Emma Donoghue, presented a rare opportunity to answer these and many other questions. Ma, trapped in an […]

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Transistor: Red’s Big Sword

When I started playing Transistor, I was blown away by the music, the game dynamics and the story line. The beautifully designed futuristic strategy game has everything you’d like in an adventure: artful graphics, fluent moves when attacking and a complex yet understandable set of combos and moves to fit your individual style. The game […]

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Game Reviews Mrs Enginerd Women Who Kick Ass In Gaming And Beyond

Harley Quinn Said What? – Batman Arkham Knight DLC

This DLC was a gift for those with GameStop pre-orders. The goal of the mission is to rescue Poison Ivy from Blüdhaven so the Scarecrow can use her as bait to lure Batman into a trap. During the operation, the Penguin communicates with Harley to guide her through the mapped area. With her thick New […]

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Best Video Games For Girls, A Look Beyond The Girly Games To Give The Girl In Your Life A Better Gaming Experience

This article is meant to address the age 18 and under category of female gamers. Women gamers are sometimes called girl gamers but the term can be considered condescending when describing adult female gamers. Women account for 48% percent of the gaming community which implies that at some point these women were girls who were […]

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Math, Geometry and #LoveWins

Books tend to find me… I was at the airport waiting for my flight to San Francisco (June 2015) when a Hudson Booksellers caught my attention. They had a buy two get the third book free sale but because of the short flight ahead, my interest was on acquiring just one book. A quick read. […]

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Batman Arkham Knight, The Bane of His Existence

Y’all know I married an engineer and a gamer guy at that but this particular nerd loves the Batman so much he is willing to volunteer to take me to the airport during the middle of the work day just to get more TLC with his PS4. Sadly he has a horrendously variable schedule that […]