The transformation from Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) to an empath — The Life is Strange series found fame for telling relatable young adult stories with a supernatural element. They aren’t exactly my cup of tea, as I did not connect with Max or Chloe and the whirlwind of high school drama in Arcadia Bay.

SUPERJUMP authors join forces to highlight memorable indie games that inspire and innovate — Indie games, or Independent Video Games, have taken the gaming industry by force, proving to the AAA developers that quality over quantity wins the hearts (and wallets) of the imaginative, the dreamers, the rogue-like grinders, and strategists. Gamers are no longer shackled to incomplete games due to uncompensated deadlines or…

Indie games have the power to delve into challenging topics — Spiritfarer, from Thunder Lotus Games, is described as ‘a cozy management sim about death’. You play as Stella along with her cat Daffodil, tasked by Charon to takeover his harrowing duties of accompanying spirits to the Everdoor to pass on. …

Deep insights on the indie gaming world, roguelikes, Kickstarter, and the difficulty debate — As one of the most unique and well-regarded turn-based tactical RPGs ever created, Darkest Dungeon won piles of awards and praise upon its release in 2016. Now, as the release date for Darkest Dungeon 2 draws near, we’ve sat down with the game’s co-creator Tyler Sigman for a wide-ranging discussion.

The pleasant and unexpected side of gaming conventions — After attending PAX West and a few comic cons, I decided to slow things down a bit. The exorbitant prices, ridiculous lines, elbow to elbow showroom floors, maxed capacity conference rooms, and impossible-to-time autographs of these larger conventions were wearing on me. …

‘Autobots, Roll Out!’ — An Unexpected Turn for the Franchise — Retro Rewind is a weekly series that reconsiders pre-2000 pop culture. More here. I’ve always been a tomboy. I enjoyed animated cartoons like He-Man, X-Men, Ninja Turtles, and Thunder Cats. I never watched Transformers, but I became curious after my partner said it destroyed his childhood. I can relate. I…

From Kickstarter to gadget king — In 2017, Eddie Tsai, Christopher Yue, and Andrew Geng founded Human Things Inc. and established the Genki brand. They launched their first product on Kickstarter in 2018 and it has been a monumental success. I’m writing this because I’m passionate about their products, and this is an unpaid article. I…

Mini-games can be boring and tedious, but Final Fantasy VII gets them right — Final Fantasy VII is renowned as one of the greatest JRPGs of all time (if not the greatest). …

A panic attack at PAX West — Impostor syndrome is a psychological pattern in which individuals doubt their skills, talents, or accomplishments and have a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud”. …