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Clare FitzPatrick

Clare is a wearer of many hats; professor, writer, streamer, podcaster, gamer, burrito consumer, and cancer butt-kicker, to name a few. She teaches at St. Mary's College of California about video games as literature and lives in San Francisco.

The Best Games To Play During Mental Health Awareness Month

May 23, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
Mental Health Awareness Month

With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, this is a great time to dedicate focus to caring for and improving …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags content warning, mobius digital, Outer Wilds, PC Gaming, PlayStation, Spiritfarer, sun haven, thunder lotus, Valheim, xbox

The Professor Ranks the Core Halo Games

May 3, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
Halo Ranked List

The immortal and hypnotizing chant that opens the very first Halo game is one that is cemented in the collective …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags 343 industries, bungie, cortana, Halo 2, Halo 3, halo 4, Halo 5 Guardians, halo ce, halo infinite, halo odst, Halo: Reach, master chief, noble team, pc, xbox

Fighting Depression As A Gamer In 2024

April 26, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
Depressed Gamer

The worst part about getting laid off was having to look my team in the eyes and tell them myself.  …

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Categories Feature Tags Baldur's Gate 3, depression, larian studios, mental health, Playstation 5, Spiritfarer, thunderlotus games

How God of War Ragnarök Amplifies The Millennial Dream of Parents Apologizing

April 24, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
GowR Feature Card

Warning: Full game spoilers for God of War and God of War: Ragnarök follow.  In 2018, Santa Monica Studios released the highly anticipated God …

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Categories Feature Tags Atreus, freya, God of War, kratos, odin, Playstation 5, santa monica studios, thor

5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

April 19, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
Video Game Twists

If I had a nickel for every time a video game twist left me speechless and unable to sleep at …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags Atreus, bioshock, ellie, God of War Ragnarök, joel, kratos, mobius games, Naughty Dog, Outer Wilds, PlayStation, santa monica studios, spec ops the line, The Last Of Us Part 1

Some Great Female Protagonists in Indie Games

April 2, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
Celebrating Women in Indie Games

With March being Women’s History Month, it’s a great time to tip our cap and recognize the many amazing ladies …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags A Short Hike, celeste, claire, gris, madeline, rebecca owens, Spiritfarer, stella, The Mortuary Assistant

Games to Spring You Into Spring

March 29, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
Spring Games

Is there anything better than a bright, sunny spring day? Flowers in bloom, the weather starting to warm up, the …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags BOKURA, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Helldivers 2, Outer Wilds, pc, PlayStation, steam, wildermyth, xbox

Celebrities I’d Cast as Baldur’s Gate 3 Party Members

March 28, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
bg3 art HD scaled 1

Like basically half the gaming population, Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 has had a chokehold on my life over the …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags astarion, Baldur's Gate 3, Feature, gale, halsin, karlach, lae'zel, larian studios, opinion, Shadowheart, tav, wyll

I Played Chrono Trigger for the First Time in 2024

March 27, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
chrono trigger

Back in September I held a charity stream to raise funds in honor of Gynecological Cancer Month, a time when …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags chrono trigger, JRPG, square

5 Fantastic Irish Video Game Characters

March 25, 2024 by Clare FitzPatrick
The Best Irish Video Game Characters

Ah, at last it is March and the heralding of the coming spring. Here in California, the sun is out, …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags aiden pierce, anne bonny, Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag, atlas, bioshock, Nioh, pc, PlayStation, Red Dead Redemption 2, sean macguire, Watch Dogs, william edwards, xbox
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