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Tara Voelker's thoughts. A lot about video games, a little about life
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Ladie Au Pair vs Daigo
Posted by on January 21, 2011
So this is actually something old that I hadn’t posted for some reason. Back when I covered Season’s Beatings for AbleGamers, I got to play Japanese Street Fighter Champion Daigo Umehara. So, if you guys are Street Fighter fans, check me out. I loose.
My Easy-to-make Little Sister Costume
Posted by on January 21, 2011
Hey guys, So this past Halloween I went as a Little Sister from Bioshock while my fiance went as a splicer. I was a little crunched for time, so instead of going for an accurate Little Sister costume, I decided to just take the most recognizable elements of a little sister and put those together [...]
Beyond Motion Controller- Tara’s Mentioned
Posted by on July 16, 2010
I decided to google my name and I found an article in which my name was mentioned. I just decided to share the paragraph I’m mentioned in. “Imagine controllers where blowing or quickly inhaling are functional input devices? Or where electrical signals produced by the brain are measured? Tara Lynn Tefertiller demonstrated several improvised game [...]
GameSpot Covers Tara at GDC
Posted by on July 16, 2010
I know that this is old now… but better late than never! GameSpot covered my session at GDC… “Conventional controllers, like those found on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, work if you have the mobility to use them. For those unable to maneuver joysticks or reach out of the way buttons, gaming turns [...]
I got some more tattoos.
Posted by on July 16, 2010
Also during my absence from Thoughts, I went and got some more tattoos, some more video game tattoos. On my right forearm I got the one pictured below. It’s a quote from the Silent Hill movie. And although I think that last 20 minutes of the movie completely sucked, I loved the series and wanted [...]
GDC Update 2
Posted by on March 9, 2010
Mostly slow day for me, not much I was interested in seeing… big stuff starts Thursday. More videos to come. And here is the controller I showed quickly in the video.I didn’t mean to cut Cammi out of the picture… she was on the far right.
GDC Update 1
Posted by on March 9, 2010
At first I was upset that I forgot my camera cord… but then I remembered my new computer had a SD slot so everything was awesome. Now, I’m taking videos through out the day, but I don’t have time to sit down and upload them… so yeah. Later today (in the evening while I go [...]
Tara chats with One Handed Terror
Posted by on January 29, 2010
Alright, I decided that it’s time for Thoughts to do more than just talk about video games. I figured it was time for us to talk about video games and with people who do game. So, I spammed a bunch of emails out asking who was interested and Sebastian Jennings was the first to respond. [...]
Sexual Assaults hit Playstation Home
Posted by on January 20, 2010
a news story by Tara “Fear Over Online Sex Assaults – Gamer players traumatized” was the headline of this past Monday’s Daily Telegraph, a newspaper from Australia. The title draws a sharp reaction. Your eyes are drawn to the article. You’re almost afraid to read it. As a girl gamer, am I in danger of [...]
Video Games Invented by the Devil
Posted by on January 7, 2010
by Kristianna I was reading an article earlier today about comparing the positive and negative effects of video games. The author talked about how we always hear the negative in the media, but rarely do we see the positive effects. While I believe the author meant well, I should clarify here for him and all [...]
Silent Hill Nurse Costume
Posted by on November 1, 2009
Here are some pictures from me rocking my Silent Hill nurse costume.
Season’s Beatings Coverage
Posted by on October 24, 2009
Hey guys, As some of you may know, I’ve started pulling double duty. I’ve recently started writing for AbleGamers.com – and I’m super proud of it. I will be posting way more often on that site, mainly because I actually have people expectations for there and here I don’t care that I’m a slacker. My [...]
Games from my Childhood – Part 1
Posted by on October 8, 2009
listed in no order by a reminiscing Tara Being in a nostalgic mood, I made a list of games from my childhood and wrote about them. The list was long, and they clearly aren’t all here. I figured I would go back to later and do a part two because there were so many I [...]
Project Natal or Apocalypse?
Posted by on August 6, 2009
By a very enthusiastic Kristianna Do you remember the Resident Evil movies? I know I promised Tara to never bring it up again, but I must. Do you remember that creepy little girl programming system that is guiding people through the hive? Well Microsoft and Lionhead thought it would be pretty funny to make themselves [...]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories – A Brief Look
Posted by on August 4, 2009
from a more optimistic Tara Last April, I expressed my fears about Konami and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Wii. I had hoped that by setting my expectations low that I would be pleased by whatever the results happened to be. Well, I’ve spent some time sifting through everything I could find about the [...]
