a place for public thoughts

i have been coerced by the power of the internet to download dream daddy and then i figured, i wanted a place to talk about it that wasn't twitter here are my thoughts. spoilers, i guess, for a dad dating sim? (words i never thought i'd say, but here we are.) i'll update as i play through other storylines and such. general: - i am really glad that this game exists in a universe where none of the drama is around the fact that your dad is queer. it's all interpersonal stuff, and not at all related to the fact that you're a dad trying to date another dad. it's nice to be able to play out a queer storyline without feeling like i need to worry about another shoe dropping. even in places where you'd think it could potentially get antagonistic about your dad being Not Straight, it never goes there. - the dialogue is just so hilarious. there are dad jokes and bad puns aplenty, but also just the general interactions between characters is fantastic. i definitel...

I grew up with two athletic parents. My dad played basketball and, for a time, coached youth teams. My mom, who's 5'1" at most, also played basketball, and if I'm remembering the stories they told me correctly, she had a bit of a reputation as someone who was overlooked because of her size, but who definitely had all the Heart and Grit you could ask for. I think my parents would have loved it if I showed interest in sports as a kid. My dad would take me out to a basketball court; I was pretty good at dribbling but shooting was beyond my skill or interest level. I think we tried badminton in the yard once and I'm pretty sure I hated it. My parents enrolled me in swimming lessons, but once it came time to dive headfirst into the pool -- just from the side, in the shallow end, not even from the diving board -- I noped out pretty quickly. I tried tap dancing once. I don't know that I ever made it past the first lesson. I was more interested in books and music, ...