Tag: gamer girl

Backlog and Blog Update! What should I work on over the long weekend?

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 23, 2019June 27, 2019

I’ve updated my Nintendo Switch backlog! With the long holiday weekend coming up, I thought I’d ask if anyone would like to see a review or impressions post on one of the specific titles from my backlog?

I’m happy to take requests!

The top left is closest to complete and the bottom right is the farthest. If there are no requests, I’ll just keep plugging away at Final Fantasy XII HD, which I somehow missed during my PS2 days. Loving it so far!

Next week I’ll be doing a prompt review of Little Friends Cats and Dogs for the Switch after receiving it on Tuesday. It’s a spiritual successor to Nintendogs by the dev studio who made My Time at Portia, so I hope it’s good. 🙂

I’ve also got two more gamer culture pieces in the works, as well as another installment of Tales From Video Game Retail. Lastly, I set up a Ko-fi for those who would like to support me and my content.

Have a lovely weekend!

Angie

Posted in: entertainment, gamer girl, gamers, games, gaming, girl gamer, Nintendo Switch, videogames

Gamer Culture Serious

Video Game Culture – Crash Course!

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 22, 2019August 28, 2019

Get ready for some culture studies and anthropology jargon with this one. I’ve tried to soften it up, but a lot of support for this piece came from my past academic writing, so please bear with me!

The identity of video game culture is shifting thanks to a relatively recent, positive change in mainstream perspectives about the value of the gaming as a pastime, profession, and about video gamer stereotypes. As a gamer you’re immersed in the culture, you’re used to it, but have you ever taken a step back and and looked at the big picture? What exactly is video game culture these days and how is it changing? Here’s your crash course!

Posted in: anthropology, culture, entertainment, esports, gamer girl, gamers, games, gaming, girl gamer, multiplayer, nerd, social sciences, stereotype, video games, videogames

Nintendo Switch Review

Hyper Light Drifter (Switch SE) Review – a masterclass in “show, don’t tell” design

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 21, 2019August 10, 2019

Hyper Light Drifter is the game that finally won me over on pixel graphics. For a long time I thought it was just a modern gaming fad (“Retro style is so cool, bro!”). I had a hard time empathizing with pixel characters due to the lack of facial feature details. I understood the difficulty of pixel art design, but I was unaware of the depth and nuance that could truly be achieved with this medium– Until I met the Drifter.

Posted in: entertainment, game, gamer girl, gaming, girl gamer, hyper light, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Review, rpg, video game, video games, videogames

Gamer Culture Serious

Community Collab: Video Game Literary Classics 101

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 21, 2019July 17, 2019

The Prompt

Students all over the world have to read certain classic literature in school such as: Hamlet, Lord of the Flies, The Great Gatsby, Homer’s Odyssey, etc. With that in mind…

Imagine it’s 2050 and you’re helping design a course for high school students called Video Game Literary Classics. You have been asked to suggest a culturally significant video game (or several) for students to academically analyze and discuss, as they would with classic literature. Which video game title(s) would you choose for literary study and why?

Posted in: culture, gamer, gamer girl, gaming, girl gamer, literature, school, teaching, video games

Gamer Culture Serious

Gendered Careers – Where are the women in Pro Esports?

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 17, 2019April 9, 2021

There has been a notable lack of a female presence at the professional level of video game competition since the dawn of esports as a profitable industry. Despite well researched demographics indicating that around 10% of players are female in most leading esports titles like League of Legends, Dota 2, Overwatch, and Counter Strike: Global Offensive and nearly 30% of esports viewership is female, less than 1% of professional players in these games are women (Yee, 2017).

Where is this gender disparity coming from and what is preventing women from successfully breaking into the esports scene as professional gamers?

Posted in: console, entertainment, esports, gamer girl, games, gaming, girl gamer, industry, lgbtq, pc gaming, playstation, video games, women, xbox

Gamer Culture Serious Stories

How Video Games Influenced My Life and My Writing

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 14, 2019June 27, 2019

I have a long, involved history with video games. My childhood best friend and I bonded over Pokémon while others took to playing ball or drawing with chalk during recess. The first video game I ever owned was Pokémon Yellow. For the past twenty years I have been absolutely immersed in the world of video games, from the moment I got a Gameboy Color for Christmas when I was ten, to this past year when I finally caved and bought a Nintendo Switch.

Posted in: entertainment, gamer, gamer girl, gamergirl, gaming, girl gamer, guitar hero, gwent, multiplayer, pokemon, video games, videogames, world of warcraft

Nintendo Switch Review

Gris Review (Switch) – an emotional masterpiece

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 9, 2019August 16, 2019

Gris is a game I never knew I needed and yet wish had been developed years ago. Whomever had the idea for this game has a heart made of gold. Gris’s story is one that speaks most clearly to those who have experienced intense hardship or loss. It is meant to resonate somewhere deep within your soul, a quietly rising, inspirational call to the part of you that would never give up in the face of tragedy.

Posted in: art, gamer girl, gaming, gris, Nintendo Switch, Review, video game

Nintendo Switch Review

The World Next Door Review (Switch); a regretful lark

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 8, 2019June 27, 2019

The World Next Door makes a great first impression with its unique character designs and interesting art style, which is a pleasant blend of mystical, rustic fantasy elements and modern urban sensibilities. The environments are vibrant and detailed, with lovingly designed NPCs inhabiting the world. However, there are not enough of them.

While absolutely beautiful, the world feels oddly empty as you move from area to area, even places such as the market that are typically a hub of activity in any other game. Just a handful of additional NPCs would have made the world of Emrys feel more alive. The World Next Door is a pretty package disguising a lack of functional content…

Posted in: gamer girl, gaming, Nintendo Switch, the world next door, video game, viz media

Gamer Culture Humor

The Gamer Girl’s Comeback Playbook

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 6, 2019June 27, 2019

As a woman playing competitive online multiplayer games like Overwatch and CS:GO, it can be disappointingly common to encounter targeted, sexist harassment. For whatever reason, when certain types of players realize they are playing with or against a woman, they just kind of freak out –– aaaabsolutely cannot handle it at all. Yet somehow, harassers never expect spicy trash talk in response.

Posted in: gamer girl, gamergirl, gaming, girl gamer, harassment, multiplayer, online, pc gaming, playstation, video games, xbox

Nintendo Switch Review

Little Dragons Café Review (Switch) – a feel-good fairy tale for dragon lovers

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on May 4, 2019July 3, 2019

Little Dragons Café is much more polished than I was expecting, to be honest. It boasts a pleasant pallet of pastels and warm shades, with Wind Waker-ish cell shading that look as if drawn with colored pencil by a skilled artist. The inside of the café itself is a quaint, homey scene that could have been torn directly from a page in a children’s storybook tale, one of those picture books that both parents and kids adore.

Posted in: dragons, gamer girl, gaming, girl gamer, Nintendo Switch, pc gaming, Review, video games