Cherry Blossom Girls 8

A shaman’s prophesy, saving the emperor of Japan, fighting a terrifying robot the size of a three-story building, and an epic adventure through southeast Asia fighting supervillains? This is the stuff of fiction, not real life.

And while I’d love to say I made all this nonsense up, that my life truly is creative nonfiction gamer scifi, it’s merely the tip of the iceberg of the things I have on my plate at the moment. More enemies, more life-altering decisions, more media madness, and more brush...