Christina With An A

I just finished playing The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit last night, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Most of the games announced at E3 that really captured me were the small indie games like Unravel 2 and Sea of Solitude . The moment I saw the trailer for Captain Spirit , I knew I was headed for a new emotional breakdown. Developed by DontNod, the makers of Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm , Captain Spirit is also set within the same universe. It follows the same gameplay mechanics of its predecessors, but unlike Max’s rewind power in LiS and Chloe’s smack talk challenges in BtS , nine-year-old Chris possesses the imaginary superpowers of his alter ego, Captain Spirit, which allow him to manipulate inanimate objects and enemies. I think what drew me to this game was this world of imagination in which Chris is immersed. Maybe it’s partly due to the fact that I grew up in the rising era of video game consoles, before every American household ha...

Eating disorders, as I have recently learned, are not necessarily about being thin or controlling weight. I say “necessarily” because I am neither a doctor nor a therapist, I have no experience with eating disorders myself nor with people who have eating disorders, and the only source of information I have regarding eating disorders comes from what I’ve read in biographies and, as of last night, the new Netflix original movie, To the Bone , starring Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves. My boyfriend and I are always looking for a new show or movie to watch. We stumbled across this one a few nights ago and thought it seemed interesting. Last night, we delved into it, and I was not prepared for it. Something particular about this movie hit close to home for me: at one point, Karen, the inpatient counselor played by Alannah Ubach, points out to her group of inpatients (and to viewers alike) that eating disorders are not always about numbers on the scale—they can, in fact, be a result of ad...