Author: Brinstar

Community manager, videogame aficionado, technology enthusiast, blogger, social media traveler, pop culture critic, woman of colour, intersectional and anti-oppression advocate, feminist, third culture kid, tea drinker, and serial comma proponent.

Speaking at PAX 2013

by Brinstar on 29 August 2013 in Art and Design, Character and Story, Events, Sex and Gender, Social Issues, Writing

I’ll be speaking at a panel at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo. The convention is happening from 30 August – 2 September in Seattle. This panel has a lot of super smart industry professionals on it, and they will be primarily be focusing on things that people can do in the creative process to create compelling content without blindly falling…

Animal Crossing: New Leaf: 11 Days In

by Brinstar on 23 June 2013 in Gaming, Portable

It has been about eleven days since I started Animal Crossing: New Leaf, so I’d like to do a small review of my progress. Like my other Animal Crossing towns in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, I named my town ‘Wayreth.’ One of the new features in New Leaf is that you are the mayor of…

Anticipating Animal Crossing: New Leaf

by Brinstar on 30 May 2013 in Games, Portable, Stuff

Next month, Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS will be hitting stores in North America and Europe. I’ve been playing Animal Crossing since getting hooked on Animal Crossing: Wild World for the Nintendo DS. Whilst I did play Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, I did feel that Animal Crossing was better suited to a portable system.…

Speaking at Emerald City Comicon 2013

by Brinstar on 1 March 2013 in Culture, Events, Politics, Sex and Gender, Social Issues

I will be speaking on a panel at Emerald City Comicon, which is taking place in Seattle from 1 – 3 March: Looking Past the Target Audience: Gender, Race, and Geek Identity Politics Sunday, March 3 Room: 2AB Start: 1:00 PM End: 1:55 PM This year, the geek community’s strained relationship with diversity came to a head. Conflicts over exclusion, and…

The 31 Days of Zero Suit Samus Hardcover Collection

by Brinstar on 31 January 2013 in Art and Design

Last Summer I backed a Kickstarter fan project that collected a series of comics and cartoons depicting the everyday life of my favorite space bounty hunter, Samus Aran (of the Metroid series of videogames), into a hardcover book. This cute series of comics, The 31 Days of Zero Suit Samus was brought to life and posted on the web by artist Chris…