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Julia Brackett

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Julia Brackett, known as JB to friends and acquaintances, loves to create. Some passions include music, writing, design, and ice cream. Some hobbies include riding bikes and getting bullied by children in Splatoon 2. JB lives in Boston, Massachusetts with a wonderful partner and two cats, Zelda and Burrito.

How the Evolution of Witches Affects Gaming

Witches are easily one of the most recognized monsters in the world, and their history is a long one. From being sought out and...
Lucah: Born of a Dream title image, featuring a more human-like image of a blue Lucah surrounded in crosses of bright neon orange.

Art as an Evocative Tool: A Talk with Lucah Developer melessthanthree

On Tuesday, August 21st, indie game developer melessthanthree released their new title, Lucah: Born of a Dream. A Kickstarter funded action-adventure game that combines the...

Fat-Shaming in Villain Design

The problem of fat-shaming stems from many places. First and foremost, it comes from the alarmist tendencies of reporting on the “obesity epidemic.” It...

Kids Game Too : Reliving Virtual Magic Kingdom

It goes without saying that kids make up a massive portion of the people playing video games. In fact, people aged 18 and younger...

Waiting for Animal Crossing

The Nintendo Switch was released in March 2017. That makes the new console nearly a year and a half old; and quite the year...
Several villains from video games, side by side.

Racism in Villain Design

The battle between good and evil is an age-old plot device that is both fun and engaging. When playing video games especially, people want...

Should Trigger Warnings be Commonplace in Gaming?

Video games have always been a type of media and entertainment that, in a way, combine books and films. You get to see what...