Just talking about life as a geek, gamer, writer, and mom.
Robo♥︎beat is Officially a Teenager!
Hey there! It’s been a while. I guess you could say I hit pause on this blog, left the controller on the couch, and wandered off to tackle some real-life quests. Like self-publishing my first novel—and having a baby! Yep, literally three days after I published my first book, I found out I was pregnant.…
It’s Robo♥beat’s 10th Birthday!
Today marks 10 years since I started this blog Robo♥beat. It began as a side project to discuss my nerdy interests — especially video games — as I hoped for a writing job in the video game industry. And it worked! I ended up working in the games industry for over seven years. My first…
Why I’m Thankful to Be a Grown-Up Gamer
With Thanksgiving this week, it feels like the perfect time to share some gratitude I have as a gamer this year. I’ll admit I have not played a lot of new games this year, for a couple of reasons: 1) I’ve been extremely busy this year, and 2) I have not been interested in many…
What Are Your “Comfort Food” Games?
We all have those games, don’t we? The ones we return to over and over again, on vacations and sick days and when we just need something warm and familiar — maybe even comforting. A few months ago on the What’s Good Games podcast (one of my favorites), the hosts discussed the idea of “comfort…
The Joy of Decorating Houses in “Elder Scrolls Online”
This past month I’ve gotten hooked on the online RPG Elder Scrolls Online. (I know, it took me long enough!) The game has provided me with a fantasy world where I can escape today’s sad and worrying news, get some R&R after moving apartments, and spend time with my husband without leaving the house. Additionally, I…
My Identity Crisis with the Harry Potter Sorting Hat Quiz
Lately I’ve been diving back into Harry Potter. I’m going through some changes in my life — I’ll fill you in soon! — and that leads to stress, which leads to this need for something familiar. Something safe. That’s where Harry Potter comes in. A lot of people say they re-read the Harry Potter books or watch the…
Meeting Chef Pikachu at Tokyo’s Pokémon Cafe
Last month I was fortunate to go to Japan on a business trip — and so of course I took a few hours to visit Tokyo’s Pokémon Cafe. My husband was really the one who got me there. He’s been a Pokémon fan most of his life, so a trip to the cafe was a…
Happy New Year
You may have noticed that lately I haven’t been blogging much. Back in October, I got married, and then ran off to the U.K. for my honeymoon. We spent some time touring Scotland in a manual transmission car on the left side of the road. (It wasn’t scary at all.) The whole trip was magical…
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