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Tag Archives: parenting
Gamer Mommy Confessions: Cathar Got Your Tongue?
I had to give a speech from the pulpit before Sunday Mass some weeks ago. It wasn’t anything huge or mind-blowing— just an explanation of this ministry I’ve been facilitating for the past couple of years and an invitation to … Continue reading
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Tagged gaming, online social interaction, parenting, perfection, real life, social
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Reinventing the Conversation Wheel: A Commentary on Peer Pressure
BioWare is famous— perhaps infamous, even— for its conversation wheel. It’s the game mechanic that allows players to mold and shape their experience as the story unfolds by choosing responses to NPCs via conversation/RPG cutscenes. In the first Knights of … Continue reading
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Tagged affection, Bioware, Blizzard, conversation choices, conversation wheel, Dark Side, lessons, Light Side, morality, parenting, SWTOR, The Old Republic, Warcraft
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Ninjas and Griefers: A Lesson in Tranquility
I remember the first time I encountered a “ninja,” those who purposefully take things they can’t even use for the sake of making sure others can’t have it. It was a dreadful run through Sunken Temple and something I could … Continue reading
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Tagged Garrus Vakarian, good and evil, griefers, life, Mass Effect, ninjas, paladin joke, parenting, peace, Sunken Temple, tranquility, Warcraft
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Quarter-Life Non-Crisis
Twenty-five. I used to think there was something magical about turning 25. It seems so arbitrary, but it was as if one was suddenly transformed from prolonged adolescence to true adulthood. The locks are thrown off, you can do whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged age, birthday, gaming, geeky, life, nerdy, parenting, XKCD
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Mini-Post: Trapped
It was one of those situations straight out of a sitcom. Here I am, sick (again) and trying to get some stuff done around the house. I go downstairs to put the baby’s clothes into the wash, just really quick, … Continue reading
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Tagged basement, geeky, MacGuyver, nerdy, parenting, seriously, trapped, WTF
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Just a Little OCD
One day, last winter, I was wearing a sweatshirt from college around the house. It was just a gray hooded pullover with “UCD” in blue letters. My husband looked at me and started laughing. When I asked him what was … Continue reading
The Etymology of Baby Speech
I never knew how much I’d love my baby’s attempts at speech until I heard her little voice for the first time. Every time she honored me with a syllable, all I could do was try to salvage my melting … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, baby talk, development, parenting, talk
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Parenting: The Toughest Escort Quest. Ever.
When my husband’s coworker (and fellow guildmate in Warcraft) told us he and his wife were expecting a little girl nearly a year ago, I got ridiculously excited. It’s probably because the majority of our guildmates/my husband’s coworkers have boys. … Continue reading