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The Great Outdoors, Indoors – Gaming with Chronic Illness

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 Courtney Craven 88 Views
Tagged with: Chronic Illness, disability, Pin Ups, Red Dead Redemption 2, Yi Shun Lai
4 minute read

I’ve been sick for 34 years. When I was younger, my disease would ebb and flow, painfully inflamming every joint

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 Courtney Craven 872 Views
Tagged with: Fallout 4, Grief, Why I Play
6 minute read

Grief-Gaming is a series in which I will explore video game worlds playing as my deceased partner’s avatar. Games have been

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 Christy Smith 986 Views
Tagged with: Intro Post
8 minute read

Hi. I’m Christy. I do visually impaired reviews for Switch games. And I wanted to introduce myself a bit and

March 9, 2019August 5, 2019 Courtney Craven 2516 Views
Tagged with: Grief, Gris, Loss
5 minute read

In the days since Susan, my games writing/review partner and partner in life, passed away unexpectedly, I’ve turned to games

Every day when I’m leaving my home, I set the alarm and press the pad of my thumb into the

December 1, 2018August 5, 2019 Courtney Craven 825 Views
Tagged with: Lupus, Red Dead Redemption 2
9 minute read

My beloved horse, Biscuit, is dead. Killed by my own hand after being ambushed by the O’Driscolls and caught with

December 1, 2018July 27, 2020 Susan 2481 Views
Tagged with: Mental Health, Prey, Schizophrenia, Video Games
13 minute read

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was 17. It was right around my birthday in January, and I’d just