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AIP/TLF Dragon Age Inquisition: Not in the Hinterlands! (Part Three)

23 Jan

The next installment in my playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition is up over on TLF. I finally made it out of the Hinterlands (for the first time, although not the last), and moved on to smaller and better things.

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AIP/TLF Dragon Age Inquisition – The Unending Hinterlands

12 Jan

My second As-I-Play for Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Unending Hinterlands – is up on TLF. The Hinterlands really do feel like they will never end. Ever. I will spend all the time in the Hinterlands. But not really. Although … Read More »

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TLF/AIP Borderlands 2: Failure and the Enkindling (Part Seven)

2 Jan

New Borderlands 2 post over on TLF! More chasing Roland around Pandora!

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TLF/AIP Borderlands 2: Diamond in the Rough (Six)

21 Dec

New post on Borlderlands over on TLF in which I get to meet Ellie. Ellie is awesome. And no, I haven’t given up on Inquisition. Double-fisting games for the win!

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Bad Hair Day

1 Dec

So this post is actually a response to a comment on my first Dragon Age: Inquisition post on TLF. The comment reads as follows: Kristin I’ve been wondering how you feel about the overtly masculine representation of women in Dragon … Read More »

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AIP/TLF No One Expects the Inquisition

25 Nov

I haven’t given up on Borderlands 2, but being as much of a fangirl as I am of BioWare, I had to put it on hold to pick up Dragon Age: Inquisition. Here’s the first As-I-Play post on Inquisition over … Read More »

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TLF: Memento Re-Mori – A Review of Monument Valley

12 Nov

In the midst of all the craziness this year so far, I did manage to play Monument Valley (on a plane coming back from San Diego), and I loved it, so I wrote up a review for TLF.

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AIP/TLF Borderlands 2: Double-Header!

29 Oct

Due to having some surprise extra playtime this week, I’ve got two Borderlands 2 posts up on TLF. Parts Four and Five.

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TLF: TLF Does PCAS Gamer-Style

14 Oct

Here’s a link to my write-up and full paper from the Popular Culture Association of the South the first weekend in October.

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AIP/TLF Oops (Borderlands 2)

9 Oct

The second part of my playthrough of Borderlands 2, in which I make several mistakes, is up on TLF. So much to play, so little time! Here’s hoping I finish this one before Dragon Age: Inquisition comes out, because all … Read More »

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AIP/TLF Shut Your Claptrap (Borderlands 2)

24 Sep

The first post in a new As-I-Play series has gone live over on TLF: this time, I’m playing through Borderlands 2! This is one of those games that I kept considering every time I thought about getting a new game. … Read More »

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AIP/TLF: Final Battle! (XCOM)

17 Sep

And my final As-I-Play XCOM: Enemy Unknown post is up over on TLF.

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AIP/TLF XCOM: The Chamber (Part Eight)

11 Sep

And a little more XCOM over on TLF… almost done!

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AIP/TLF XCOM: Girl Fight! (Part Seven)

8 Sep

So my most recent As-I-Play of XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Part Seven – Girl Fight!) is up on TLF. It’s getting close to the end… Coming up in a couple weeks, Borderlands 2… I’m looking forward to it!

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AIG/TLF: Hold Your Fire (XCOM)

28 Aug

In a (hopefully) much less controversial post – my latest As-I-Play post on XCOM: Enemy Unknown is up over at TLF. In a side note, I’d originally titled the post “Stop, Don’t Shoot” when I started writing it the day … Read More »

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