Do You Hear the People Sing? – the Leitmotif in Video Game Music
I was planning on doing a simple ‘favourite tracks’ post on FFXIV, much like I did for SWTOR before, but when going through said favourites, it quickly became clear that it would not be enough for me to simply list some songs and write a few sentences as to why when what I really wanted
Into the Dragonverse
Nearly 500.000 words. That’s the number of words Anna and I have written during these last six months (half of which have been discarded again or wait to be rewritten, all because we had An Idea™ and thought it would be easy peasy to include this idea into our already nearly-done story, but that’s another
Nostalgia or Magic – Perhaps They Are One and the Same
My personal history with RPGs and Final Fantasy is pretty easily summarised: It’s a love story. The first time I played a Final Fantasy game was when I was around twelve to thirteen years old. Camping out at my cousin’s place during summer vacation, they had just bought the brand-new title Final Fantasy VII. I
Nothing but extreme opinions – but does it have to be that way?
Spoiler alert: It really doesn’t! I few weeks ago I played the Anthem demo for two weekends in a row and was pretty much immediately hooked. The game has fun combat, a beautiful scenery and not even the load screen bugs (of which I had surprisingly few to be fair though) could stop the enthusiasm.
GRIS – a journey through the pain
Have you ever felt a pain so deep you lost your voice? Have you ever felt like you lost the ability to move, that you were swept away by even the smallest winds? Have you felt so alone and anxious that the world was grey and empty and everything important seemed to crumble away beneath
I hold the patience of stone and the will of stars – Video Game Music With A Star Wars Twist
I have written several posts about my favourite video game soundtracks before. This time I thought I’d do a less general one and focus down on what I love musically about just one game: Star Wars The Old Republic. The Old Republic is a Star Wars MMO made by Bioware that came out late in
The Terrible Boredom Of Good vs Evil – Where is the nuance in alignment based stories?
Inspired by a talk on Discord or well, rather me talking at Julie on Discord about SWTOR while she has to work/sleep and do other important real life tasks, I have put a lot of thought into the topic of alignment and character motivation of my characters in video games over the past two days.
What Dragon Age means to me
Yesterday was December 4th, or the Unofficial Dragon Age 4 Day. People wrote about what Dragon Age means to them, they posted stories and fanart, streamed and connected with each other. It was an amazing event and more than 5000$ were collected for charity. I thought, I’d share a bit of the love as well.
What’s love got to do with it…
For the last three weeks I have to admit I have not been doing much else in my free time besides playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. I am far from being done. In fact, according tto my Uplay stats I am only about 56% through with the main story and about 40% through with exploration. It
Finding your way like nobody else – First impressions of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Early access has it’s ups and downs. Clearly it is amazing to not have to wait any longer and jump into a game as soon as possible. On the flip side though: If you have an issue, there are not many people around that can help you. Luckily I found the solution to my issues
Gaming Nerd Girls
Anna and Julie, friends and fellow gamers with a passion for elaborated headcanons and RPGs in general, often known for fangirling extensively. Expect political correctness, for we are proud Social Justice Warriors (or rather, Mages) and feminists.
