Jessica Lachenal, Author at The Mary Sue

Jessica Lachenal

Jessica Lachenal is a writer who doesn’t talk about herself a lot, so she isn’t quite sure how biographical info panels should work. But here we go anyway. She's the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, a Contributing Writer for The Bold Italic (thebolditalic.com), and a Staff Writer for Spinning Platters (spinningplatters.com). She's also been featured in Model View Culture and Frontiers LA magazine, and on Autostraddle. She hopes this has been as awkward for you as it has been for her.

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Collect All the Dogs With Game Theory’s Central Bark

If cats aren't your thing, and you've been looking for an idle game that really speaks to your love of New York City, dogs, and dog costumes, then Game Theory's Central Bark is everything you've been looking for and more.

Indie Games of GDC 2018: Puppets, Pigs, and Unicorns, Oh My!

Let me present to you (in no particular order) some of the most outstanding indie titles at GDC 2018.

GDC 2018’s #1ReasonToBe Panel Shared Beautiful Stories of Resilience and Growth in a Time of Fear and Questioning

Who gets to visit GDC? Who are the people allowed to come to this conference?

Who’s Your Favorite Tabletop RPG Character You’ve Ever Played?

Tell us: Of all the characters you've ever played, who's your fave?!

Review: Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds Is More of the Same In the Best Possible Way

Can somebody get Aloy a jacket or something already?

Things We Saw Today: Alias Grace Coming to Netflix … and a Goodbye

And so, for the last time, I want to ask: What'd you see today, dear friend?

Study Claims (a Highly Sexist, Racist) AI Can Determine Your Sexual Orientation

Stanford University recently published a study which claims that a deep neural network (i.e., artificial intelligence) was better than humans when it came to detecting someone's sexual orientation. Here's why that's a big problem.

Dragon Con: An Ideal Fan Convention for First Timers

I want to encourage others like myself–those who felt somewhat overwhelmed or excluded by fan conventions–to look to Dragon Con, if it's within your realm of possibilities.

Wynonna Earp Breaks All the Rules of Genre Television for the Better

Wynonna Earp feels like a show that could do anything because it’s already shown a willingness to blaze its own path, to look at what we expect from stories like this in a new way.

Ugh: Jared Leto Compared to Jesus for “Method Acting” as Blind for Blade Runner 2049

Somehow, not having learned his lesson with the backlash prompted by his "method acting" in Suicide Squad, Jared Leto revealed that he "method acted himself blind" in preparation for his role in Blade Runner 2049.