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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.

A Curious Journey: The Story of Outer Wilds’ Dedicated Online Community

December 6, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Riebeck

It’s just after 7pm on a Wednesday night when I get a Discord notification that AefirThrift has gone live. He’s …

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Categories Feature Tags discord, Outer Wilds, pc, Twitch 2 Comments

More Great Cozy Games To Be Grateful For This Season

December 4, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Cozy Gaming

With Thanksgiving having passed and ungodly amounts of mashed potatoes and stuffing consumed, we would be remiss not to take …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags Assassin's Creed Mirage, pc, PlayStation, Spider-Man 2, Starfield, the lord of the rings return to moria, the talos principle 2, xbox

Games That Represent Mental Health Accurately

November 21, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Games and Mental health

We recently observed Mental Illness Awareness Week in the first week of October, a time to recognize the wide array …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags gris, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, mental health awareness month, Night in the Woods, pc, PlayStation, spec ops the line, What Remains of Edith Finch, xbox

Best Games to Scare the Pants Off You This Spooky Season

October 19, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Spooky Games Feature

I love this time of year. We get to play dress up for an entire month and it isn’t weird, …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags bioshock, Black Flag, Darkstone Digital, Dead Space, EA. 2k games, fear therapy, Gamepass, Naughty Dog, pc, PlayStation, the last of us, The Mortuary Assistant, xbox

Let Your Kids Play Video Games. Here’s Why.

October 18, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Kids Video Games

When my niece was about 18 months old, she started showing an interest in my Nintendo Switch. She’d hear all …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags bluey, child development, education, Feature, opinion, pokemon, Video games

Best Recommendations for Non-Scary Halloween Games This Spooky Season

October 16, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Non Spooky Games Feature

With Spooky Season upon us, it is that wonderful time of year where we bust out the jack-o’-lanterns, the orange …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags cult of the lamb, Hollow Knight, Luigi's Mansion 3, Night in the Woods, Nintendo Switch, pc, PlayStation, What Remains of Edith Finch, xbox

You Should Play “That Dragon, Cancer” And Here’s Why

October 2, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
that dragon cancer 4

About halfway through Numinous Games’s That Dragon, Cancer, the player finds themself in a small hospital room. The colors are …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags game, Games, Gaming, numinous games, pc, steam, that dragon cancer

Stop Fighting Over PlayStation vs Xbox: It’s Exactly What They Want.

September 29, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Xbox vs PS

The console wars aren’t a new concept. Dating as far back as Nintendo vs Sega, and even some well fought …

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Categories Feature, Opinion, PlayStation, Xbox Tags console wars, microsoft, PlayStation, sony, Starfield, xbox

5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

September 29, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists. Then there’s a 200 foot sheer drop …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags assassins creed, Characters, Dante's Inferno, Games, Gaming, Life is Strange, ride to hell retribution, The Last of Us Part 2, Top 5, worst characters

Games Accessibility Is The Future. Implementation Is The Challenge.

September 28, 2023 by Clare FitzPatrick
Accessibility

After I finished chemotherapy for stage 3 endometrial cancer in 2021, I had a lot of new side effects to …

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Categories Feature, Opinion Tags Accessibility, celeste, Elden Ring, fromsoftware, Gamepass, PlayStation, The Last Of Us Part 1, The Last of Us Part 2, xbox
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