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When I was a baby, my dad sat me on his lap while I watched him play the original Tomb Raider. Later, while watching him play Tomb Raider II and Tomb Raider III and old enough to recognize what I'm seeing, I start calling it "Mommy Game," because Lara Croft has brown hair (like my mom) and sometimes wears a bun (like my mom). Tomb Raider was the first of many video games to add pure joy to my life.

Now, at twenty-one, I don't have nearly as much time to play video games as I would like, but when I do, I feel relaxed and right at home in the virtual world. When I'm not playing games, I'm usually thinking about them, and boy do I have a lot of thoughts. "How true is the mythology in Tomb Raider when compared with the stories the games are based on? How big of a deal is the LBGT+ flag in Marvel's Spider-Man to gamers? How exactly did EA ruin the beloved Battlefront series?" 

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Now, this blog gives me the space to explore and share these thoughts with the larger gaming community, among many others. I encourage you to engage in these newfound, controversial, and exciting conversations with me. We have much to discuss...