Why That One Moment in Loki Meant So Much

by Stephanie Watson | Jul 20, 2021 | Lifestyle, Television series | 0 comments

It was 28 years ago, while I was in college, that I made the first mental connections to something I had felt prominently since my early teens. It would be another year before I had a name for it: bisexual. After another decade, I also better understood and accepted...

Michele Morrow Talks to us about Gaming, Healing, and Esports

by Stephanie Watson | May 10, 2021 | Featured articles, Games, Interviews, Pop Culture | 1 comment

After Michele Morrow visited Retro Replay, I had a wonderful chat with her about how our lives are impacted by gaming and whether esports is providing gamers with an equal playing field. She also shared her own story about how gaming helped her through a rough time....

Getting Gritty with The Bad Batch

by Stephanie Watson | May 8, 2021 | Reviews, Star Wars, Television series | 4 comments

What do you get when cloning on Kamino goes bad in a good way? Answer: The Bad Batch. Fans of Star Wars: The Clone Wars love this maverick group of clone troopers so much they earned their own series on Disney+. I’m one of those fans, so I’m excited to...

Our Pandemic Vocabulary

by Stephanie Watson | Mar 16, 2021 | Lifestyle, Pop Culture | 4 comments

During the COVID-19 pandemic, have you found yourself staying home and ordering takeout because people weren’t socially distancing at the grocery store, and the cashier looked sus with that face mask hanging half-off? And if I had asked you that question just...

Should I Start Streaming?

by Stephanie Watson | Feb 5, 2021 | Games, Lifestyle | 9 comments

“Hey, do you think I should start streaming?” “All my friends are streaming, should I do it, too?” I’ve heard these questions a lot lately from friends who see me streaming my gameplay on Twitch.  Full disclosure: I’m age 47 as of...