Gaming While Female

I know, I know, I've been slacking a little. Thank you for waiting for me, though! I'm going to be honest with you -- today's topic is something I've been stewing on for a few days. Namely, it's something I've been stewing on since Sunday afternoon at my latest X-Wing tournament. Now, I want to …

Another Trip to Atlanta?

Yes, you read that right! I took yet another trip to Atlanta this weekend for -- you guessed it -- another X-Wing Miniatures tournament! This time, it was the Giga-Bytes Cafe Store Championship. Steven & I added another person to our car for this trip, Joel Killingsworth, who runs the Birmingham Barons Podcast with Steven …

2018 Excelsior Store Championship

Good afternoon, everyone! Please forgive any formatting issues with this one, as I am writing on my phone, still at the championship and watching the semifinals match. Speaking of which, check out the live stream here! Today was a fun day. I ended up going 2-3, which was slightly worse than my goal for the …

Game Obsession: Risk of Rain

I bought this game several years ago (April 2014, to be exact) because some of my friends at work were talking about it and discussing how much fun it'd be to get together and play it. So I went home, bought it for $2.99, and sat in front of my computer, fuming. It was only …

Game Obsession: Stardew Valley

Here's a relatively-new series of posts that I'm hoping to start: talking about games I'm interested in or have been playing recently. Remember how this is called Books are Only the Beginning? Gaming has been a large part of my life for a very long time, so this is just another part of that "beginning" that …