February 17, 2012
For our five year anniversary, my boyfriend knew just how to please: he took me to the opening night of a video game art show at Gallery 1988. The display will run in Los Angeles February 10 – March 3 (Wed – Sun: 11am – 6pm). Artwork is available for purchase online if you don’t live nearby. Prices [...]
February 10, 2012
Love is in the air, and some of you may be trying to shoot it down. But for others, online gaming has become the new online dating. Take the story of Ben Ambroso and his girlfriend Tora. Reported by Kotaku and MSNBC, when they first started dating Ben gave her “the gamer talk,” in which he explained his [...]
February 3, 2012
This week on Level Up I found some pretty incredible video game inspired tattoos. Everyone has opinions about tattoos. They’re either 1) totally against them, 2) super curious and/or scared, 3) have one and love it, 4) have one and regret it, or 5) have several and plan on more. Kinda like kids. If you [...]
January 30, 2012
This weekend I attended the Darkmoon Faire World of Warcraft Trading Card Game in Los Angeles. Despite what this photo looks like, the event was not held in the women’s bathroom. It was at the luxurious Crowne Plaza hotel near LAX. My best friend, Tracy, happened to be flying into LAX on Friday, so I [...]
January 27, 2012
Every last Friday of the month, I will be doing a monthly segment on HelloGiggles about a digital starlette by profiling their importance in video game history. We’re kicking off the New Year with a familiar face, but possibly more recognized for her “side-profile”. I am of course talking about the most famous video game [...]
January 20, 2012
“GIRL GAMER” – where did the term come from? In this article, I take a historical look back at where the possible gender shift began. I know a lot of dudes are on my fan page, and I’d love to hear your viewpoints on this. Guys: did you play Atari/NES/Sega with girls growing up? And [...]
January 17, 2012
The new World of Warcraft Trading Card Game preview of Crown of The Heavens is out and I couldn’t be more in love with this illustration of Lady Sylvanas. Image Via: Gameolosophy
January 13, 2012
Firstly, Happy Friday the 13th!! Secondly, part 2 of my 2 part series “What Kind Of Gamer Are You?“ for girl-centric HelloGiggles.com is published today! The votes are in and almost all the responses we received on the article comments, my twitter feed and the HelloGiggles Facebook Page proved that most of you out there are Gamers. In last week’s article, I laid [...]
January 6, 2012
The first article for my new Gaming Culture column “Level Up” is featured today on HelloGiggles.com and I’m excited for you guys to read it! Hi, I’m Michele… and I’m a gamer. Chances are you play games too but don’t identify yourself with the term “gamer”. The Internet changed the way we game over the [...]
January 5, 2012
Casual day shopping at The Grove and I’m constantly getting stopped by people asking about how they can get my Grey Wolf SpiritHood… but today Piers Morgan of Piers Morgan Tonight expressed his love for my awesome faux fur #Tribe Image via: MicheleMorrow.com