Relevant To Your Interests: You, Too, Can Paint Minis for Gaming and Escapism
Combat the doldrums by painting tiny people and buildings!
5 Portable Card Games to Play Anywhere, Anytime
My favorite card games to play with queers in parks and bars in honor of the brand new Oregon Trail card game.
Relevant To Your Interests: Games That Made Me Drool This Year
All these games elicited a “hnnnnngggg” noise from me, whether I played them or I just want to play them. What’s on your 2015 Hnnnnngggg List?
10 iOS Games for Your Long-Distance Relationship
And other similar two/multi-player type situations, because being on different continents shouldn’t get in the way of Boggle. (Bonus! Featuring the worst drawing of Brooklyn ever, courtesy of yours truly.)
Video Game Roundup: Five New iPhone And iPad Games For Your Gaming Pleasure
I love being able to play games while waiting on line at the DMV.
Gamingsplosion: Taylor’s Inside Scoop on Video Games to Watch Out For
Taylor went, saw, and conquered at E3 2011 last week. What are the hottest upcoming games? Well, wouldn’t you like to know! (Elder Scrolls V, BioShock Infinite and more!)
17 Board Games You Could Be Playing Right Now and Having So Much Fun
In a world fraught with civil unions and bigoted t-shirt merchants, one ragtag team of queers will find out what it’s like when people stop being polite, and start playing Scattegories.
Autostraddle Picks the Best Games of 2010
Team Technostraddle looks back on an awesome year of gaming. And then our thumbs fell off.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, 5 Reasons to Freak Out Until December 7th
The cat’s outta the bag: World of Warcraft’s long-awaited Cataclysm expansion will wreak havoc on your love life/hit stores on December 7th! Here are the top 5 reasons why I probably won’t shower until January 2011.
Top 5 Gaming Podcasts To Light Your Fire, Stoke Your Escapist Inclinations
The lovely, talented and possibly ambidextrous guest contributor, Danielle, gives us the low-down on the best gaming podcasts so we can all go into tiny escapist cocoons and ride out the storm. Thanks, Danielle!
8 Nerdy Ways to Mend Your Broken Heart
Need some (healthy) summertime escapism? Did you get dumped, get distance or are you just pining for your crush on that massive open thread still? Kim’s got 8 cures for heartache and heartbreak, none of which involve the bottom of a bottle. Mostly they involve the Discovery Channel, Buffy and some retro games, of course.
My Top 8 Retro Nintendo Games for Android: Geekender Edition!
I’m still reeling, drunk on the freedom of Google’s Android OS. If you’re a gamer and you’ve got an Android device (or you’re considering one!), take heed of these 8 reasons to ditch the iPhone. Snesoid and Nesoid on the Android Market open up a whole world of retro-gaming, a world which I thoroughly explored this weekend for, er, research purposes. And because the Geekender is ostensibly for things I do on the weekend.
Top 5 Video Games of 2010: Zelda, World of Warcraft, Bioshock 2 and More!
What is Technostraddle looking forward to in 2010? We’ve got gaming picks from new installations to well-loved favorites. Get your controllers and your Mountain Dew cocktails (ew!) ready, it’s time to geek out as we preview what’s to come for Zelda, World of Warcraft and more!