Woman, mother, wife, gamer.
I play for fun and relaxation. Sometimes I make videos and stream.
I do play a lot of #minecraft but also other games.
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Just cried through the new ending of the Cyberpunk 2077 game. It is such a powerful story and deep and a beautiful game. Every single detail. ❤️
When I was 18, some 30 years ago, I read Neil Stevensons "Snow Crash" and played Cyberpunk 2022 TTRPG. Cyberpunk 2077 captures exactly how I have always seen Cyberpunk in my mind.
I might need to go back to the game and play a few more endings as I find it really hard to let go. It has been my home away from home for over 300 hours.
Last Christmas a stranger on Mastodon gave me Baldur's Gate 1. I played it and then bought Baldur's Gate 2 and 3.
Tonight I finally finished Baldur's Gate 3 and I must say that it is the best Story Rich RPG game series I have ever played. And I do recommend that people play BG1 and BG2 before starting BG3. It deepens the story.
I want to recommend this mobile game #scriptic I found on #netflixgames . It is a murder mystery game where you, as a detective, have to go through the victim's phone to find clues to solve a murder.
It was such a different approach to storytelling and I really liked it.
There are two stories and one of them is about a content creator that gets doxed. It was a bit triggering for me but they were really good at portraying how it really feels like.
I have been twice to London, twice to Paris, I spent 10 days in Barcelona.
But I have also spent two weeks in Night City (#cyberpunk) and now I am on my third visit to #Baldursgate .
When I see pictures from these virtual cities I think "I have been there, walked these streets, heard the sounds and felt the vibe". Just like in a real city.
I just watched both Bladerunner movies (again) and I started to miss Night City as it is basically the same as the vibe in the movie.
There are presidential elections in Iceland today. In the top 3 seats, according to polls, there are 3 women. In the 4 place is an openly gay man.
Women (over the age of 40) got voting rights 109 years ago in Iceland. In Iceland we had world first democratically elected female president and the first openly gay Head of Government.
I am privileged to live in a country where equality has come this far.
That might be the cause why I am so utterly baffled when I come across sexism online.
I was telling my kid that I had started playing Baldur's Gate 3.
Me: So I am this strawberry blond Wood Elf Druid named Firestar.
My kid: Yes I know that mum. But what are you in the game?
This was an extremely proud parenting moment for me. The kid has the same humour as me.
This weekend I organised the #Minecraft activities at a local #Esport LAN tournament for 13-25 year olds.
There were around 100 players and most of them were competing in Valorant and Fortnite but a few joined my Minecraft build contest.
I was also there because I am a woman and I felt it was important that there was at least one woman at the game organisation table. There was a handful of girls there but still too few, in my opinion.
I learnt how to make earrings from plexiglas in a laser cutter today.
I made a video today. https://youtu.be/TkCs9MQThhM
And yes, it is mostly because YouTube said it would cut my monetisation if I did not upload. But maybe it was a good kick in the but to start creating stuff again.
