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Now: Running Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor/reporter for Protocol, Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
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We got a Switch 2 today and I heard my husband giving the 6yo a stern warning: "If you play Mario Kart against your mom, *you will lose.*"

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

After 154 hours in Blue Prince and at least two if not three separate things that could be the end of the game I think I just discovered a whole new game hiding behind the game, more or less and: wut

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Today one friend sent me flowers and another brought enough food to feed my whole family for two days and I was feeling very loved and supported so naturally my cat looked me in the eye and horked up a giant hairball all over my son's room. A+ catting, cat. No notes.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Guideline I've always used when playing a game is: "[X] is here / like this for a reason," and then working backward I can figure out what to do next / where to go next / why a character is like that. If humans aren't putting things for a reason, there goes my relationship with the game.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

My body's response to all the stressors it is currently living through is apparently "prolonged fatigue" and body, that is so, SO unhelpful for getting all the things done that need doing

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Catching up on yesterday's Who and... I take back everything I said over the last two (mostly excellent) seasons about RTD having learned better since his first go

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The most banal bad part of having someone in and out of hospitals all the time is living off a bag of protein snacks and never being able to get real mealtimes anymore.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I'm stepping back from work for a bit to focus on my mom. FMLA is far from perfect but it's definitely one of the more humane workplace laws we've got and I'm very glad to have it. The show is in awesome hands with the rest of the team and I am looking forward to seeing what they do until I'm back!

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Weird to say I "enjoyed" reading the book, because mostly I had to avoid shouting swear words aloud on the train while I read it, but I've covered PE deals *a lot* since 2012 and it's absolutely one of the most accessible, page-turner reads on the matter I've read.

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

I've got two kids and even with as many childcare challenges as we've had along the way, I think eldercare is BY FAR the worse, harder to navigate situation in this country and I wouldn't be surprised if it drives more women out of the workforce than kids do.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments