TIER Review #2: We Still Believe Nathalie Lawhead
There is something wrong in games media and it cannot be fully explained by deadlines, private equity, or layoffs.
Phoenix
An Atlantic Canadian cryptid who subsists off of pastries, games, and SFF books. She also writes a lot of games criticism for various publications, most notably Unwinnable and Paste Games.
The Poetics of Endurance
OVERWHELM is less about punishment and more about vindication. Vindication that sometimes even perseverance, that vanguard of individualist hope in particular, will fail.
Grieving is Mythmaking
Grief is mundane, despite how profound of an emotion and process it is. Grief can also be cumulative and collective.
All-Consuming
Shadows, as a collective entity, are natural and need not be characterized as Other.