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I'm a Black, gay millennial who plays a lot of video games & TTRPGs. So that's probably what this blog will be about.

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#2 | Video Games - Indie Game Fest

Today is June 9th, 2026 which means the passed weekend was Summer Game Fest. For those like me who keep an eye on video games announcements and releases, that means more showcases than one person could reasonably keep up with. Even though a lot of the shine of big game announcements has worn away by trailer sameness (is that word?), its still very exciting to see what devs in the indie scene are cooking. To that end, here are 18 games that piqued my interest. I assembled this list from the showc...

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#1 | TTRPG - Age Them Up Then Kill Them

Recently, I had to figure out how to have a player revisit the day his character's younger brother died without breaking my own GM rule: NO HARM TO CHILDREN. I am the GM for an ongoing game of Blades In The Dark that I play with my partner & two friends. When we started the game in the Spring of 2025, none of us had very much experience with TTRPGs. My friends had played a few sessions of D&D years ago & my partner & I had zero experience. As a person who enjoys a good story, I knew that the cha...

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