We love competent queers. I endeavor to be one every day, to varying degrees of success.
Posts by Tara Tai (they/she)
Thank you, Cap'n! ๐
Thank you for reading! ๐
For you, Malenia? Anything. #eldenring
Nothing like flagging on your run and the Elden Ring theme song coming on, screaming at you to GIT GUD.
STOP
BRINGING
MY SHIT
INTO YOUR BULLSHIT
Hey, thanks for the kind words! I hope the other 74% lands for you too! ๐
Thanks friend! ๐๐ผ Appreciate the support and shout-out! ๐ฎ
Thank you, friend! ๐ฎ
I just DEVOURED Single Player by @taratai.com and Iโm in love. As a romance reader and gamer I have never felt such joy at seeing two of the things I adore the most be combined!! I LOVED this!! ๐ฉท
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โTo make a romance really sing in a video game, there has to be something that you as the hero are uniquely positioned to help this character with. There's probably something you have to sacrifice that is a measure of how much you love them. Especially in a Choices Matter game, are you willing to go after this love interest if it jeopardizes your chance of getting the special weapon that will help you one-shot that boss?โ - Tara Tai
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ This one is for the gaymers! ๐ฎ
@taratai.com and I talked about the best romantic storylines in games, and how they wrote a rom-com about two game devs who butt heads while writing romantic storylines in a new video game. Meta!
Listen in the Rebel Ever After feed: open.spotify.com/episode/5QnE...
I had so much fun recording this! ๐
Thank you! And what a delightful blanket backdrop you have!
I can't get over this wonderfulness. ๐ฅน
Thank you! ๐ฅน And that tea sounds lovelyyy โ. Andi would approve if they ever needed a break from black coffee.
Yoooo just wait. It only gets better and better until the dome of your head pops off.
Some days, you share an elevator with a PEN/Hemingway award winner but don't recognize her, and when she asks about your Baldur's Gate 3 shirt, you tersely say, "It's an owlbear."
Then you see the line for people waiting to get books signed by her and realize your mistake. ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
Oh-kay but also, that made me laugh, and also also, Hiedeman scored right after that. ๐ค
๐๐๐ Appreciate you diving in to pass some of your hours with my chaos crew!
Thank you for reading! ๐ซก๐ฎ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Thanks for reading! Stay nerdy, friend. ๐ฎ
An Asian American person cosplaying Alta from the video game Wanderstop while holding up a pride ribbon.
Hi from Pax East!
See y'all at PAX. Didn't have enough time to get my Lune cosplay together so I'll be Alta from Wanderstop. Ask me for tea. (Really.)
WHAT. ๐ค
Wife scored a free exhibitor pass to #paxeast, and if that's not the single most Single Player Cat Li thing to happen to us, idk what is.
Just started reading Single Player by @taratai.com and as a queer person who left a steady career in healthcare admin to go to school for game dev, I feel so seen lol
Hey, that's awesome! I can't wait to play a game you make! ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ Thanks for reading.
If you're a type A, chronically burnt out person and want to cry at least once an hour, I highly recommend Wanderstop. What a deeply clever, deeply introspective, not-quite-cozy game.
Thanks for the lovely review and thanks for reading! And I paraphrased/reworded a deep cut party banter Varric shared with Dorian in the epigraph. :)