Morgan Shaver ☕️

I come from a similar background, and same, I had no mentors when I started in the industry back in 2016. I also don't have a degree in journalism, or any college degree, I grew up poor that was never an option for me. And yet, here I still am. Mentors are great, being a self-starter is better.

Happy Halloween from me and Garrus 🎃

Our streaming schedule pt 1

Our streaming schedule pt 2

Introducing a week of streams to help raise money for our dear friend Brenden and his partner Jen as she continues to battle Myasthenia Gravis. All money goes to their hospital bills and peace of mind during these difficult times. Hope y'all will tune in.
gofund.me/44b193917

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Thank you, I hope your Halloween is fantastically spooky as well! 🎃

Happy Halloween from me and Garrus 🎃

Maybe I should've worded that differently 😅 we've got 2 announcements for Turok plus a special Halloween ep. of Deep Dive, it is a dino-sized amount of news tomorrow but it's not Dino Crisis I'm sorry 😩

Donate to Help Jen Recover from MG Crisis, organized by Brenden Groom As a lot of you know, Jen has been in the ICU and critical care most of the month, recen… Brenden Groom needs your support for Help Jen Recover from MG Crisis

Jen has been in the hospital most of October. These hospital stays and the recovery are the most challenging her Myasthenia Gravis has ever been.

If you’re able to share this post / donate we would be forever grateful.

Thank you again for all of your help ❤️

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100% agree, it just makes me sad to see content creators push bad takes under the guise of "the past was better" when they're cherry-picking the past. Games of the past were also largely created by diverse, progressive teams. The "past" these people are clinging to isn't reflective of reality.

Loud voices love to weaponize retro gaming nostalgia for regressive takes, but most retro fans (preservationists, speedrunners, devs, journalists) are here for the love of the games and gaming history. Working in the retro game scene, our teams and communities are largely diverse and progressive.

Thrifted this dress for Halloween and um... this might be one of my all-time best thrifted outfits 😳

Thrifted this dress for Halloween and um... this might be one of my all-time best thrifted outfits 😳

Playing FEAR again (for work) and in complete awe of how well it holds up 20 years later. Absolutely one of the best FPS games ever made.

It's such a fantastic game, maybe someday someone will remaster it 🤔

System Shock remake on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 with text noting "game cart included"

In case you missed it 👀 System Shock remake is COMING SOON to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 - game cart included with physical editions!

And there it is, we're bringing System Shock remake to Switch and Switch 2! 🎉

Once it's Friday night though? You know exactly where I'll be, powerwashing 😎💦

I wish I could do a launch day stream to chart my progress to 100% completion for PowerWash Sim 2 but my company has an exciting announcement of our own today 👀

It's wild, the Razer Kitty Headphones are among their top-selling products and main buyers are women 😩 Razer's marketing team could've easily had both people in the ad wearing a pair of headphones, gaming together, and muting out the sound of a loud apartment neighbor (or anything else) 😅

Screenshot of Razer ad on TikTok showing a guy wearing headphones and gaming next to his girlfriend who's trying to talk to him with video text that reads "active noise cancelation: on, drama: off"

I can't download the video to share in full, but I can't believe Razer in the year 2025 put out an ad where the entire premise is a guy using his headphones to mute the sound of his gf trying to talk to him 🤦‍♀️

How's everyone managing to keep it together right now? I've been past my breaking point for a while, the only thing keeping me going is knowing I have no other choice.

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Same for me as well 🥹 healing and therapy

It's sad to realize my old friend group from when I was a games journalist are no longer my friends, but also a positive because I've made so many new friends while working in game dev and these friends actually like me

I can't believe I'm turning 33 next month 👻

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I can't believe I'm turning 33 next month 👻

I think that's a part of it but in that instance too Aerith and Cloud are both healing through each other 🥹 they have a lot in common, which to me is very romantic and sweet

My theory is Aerith is supposed to be the canonic love interest to Cloud. The game opens with Jessie throwing herself at him, and him being uncomfortable. Then moves to Tifa, but she's tied to his past trauma, so he keeps her at a distance. Aerith is the only one who's properly gentle with him.

I read it more as him being traumatized and not wanting to get too close to anyone given what happened to his family. He's aloof because being aloof keeps him from further pain. That's a good point though with Aerith being good with kids, it translates well to being gentle with traumatized people.

Very true, also in the sections right before Wall Market we see Cloud starting to bond with Aerith. It's clear he genuinely likes her and enjoys her company. To go from that to him being dead silent while she's getting ragged on makes no sense to me 😅

Replaying FF7 Remake while sick and once again getting mad at Cloud for not standing up for Aerith at Wall Market when people kept calling her plain and homely and "not like Tifa". I might write an entire article about that section, because it pisses me off every single time.