Hey there, I’m Tiffany Martin! On this blog I predominantly write about three things:

GAMES

I’ve been writing and editing in games journalism since 2005. I was a contributing editor for Computer Games Magazine and Massive/MMO Games; A copy-editor for Now Playing and PC Gamer; a freelancer for escapistmagazine.com; a Staff writer for Kombo.com; and I’ve worn many other hats as needed. I’ve been to many E3s, a couple of PAXs, and I’ve met and interviewed many people in the games industry. So what does that all mean? To me, it’s just perspective. I can write with that perspective and I think it offers something of value to other gamers who want to get information they don’t see everywhere.

Today that’s what everyone says, right? So how do I write about something unique?

The key here is to keep the topics covered rather narrow; by that I mean in order to give people something they can’t get elsewhere a person has to specialize.  My specialty is in Roguelikes: a small, hardcore subgenre but also complex and deep enough to write about forever; and indy/alterna gaming: stuff you’d find on Steam or Kongregate, sleeper hits, free-to-play (FTP), self-published, Kickstarter projects, and anything else on the fringe.

BEAUTY 

I’m also a very fancy lady and I enjoy doing things with my makeup and hair that are awesome, I have identified as goth (though no longer), and I have experimented with my appearance in some drastic and regular ways. It’s important to me to feel free to look any way I want to without fear that I am disappointing anyone, because really, other people can do their own fashion. As a nerdy youth fear of standing out or upsetting people was a paralyzing effect for me but I have overcome that and I bravely enjoy whatever artistic whim engages me when styling myself. I have also successfully bleached the crap out of my hair without my hair all falling out.

You’ll see detailed reviews on Asian cosmetics, bargain beauty, and alternative fashion. I’ll teach you what I learn, and with any luck it’ll save you time, money, and face.

SOLUTIONS

As most of us know, life is filled with challenges, many of them small, and many of them crippling. I dedicate a lot of my energy toward solving my challenges and whatever I learn I’m happy to share with you, because I think it makes the world a better place to live in. I never share a solution I have not tested. Never will I waste your time by endorsing something that “I hear works.” I include solutions on my site because I’m sick of reading about solutions on other sites (like ehow and lifehacker) that were hard to sift through, incomplete, or total failures.

This section may seem the broadest, most diverse, and possibly the most random, but that will keep it exciting, right? Indeed I suspect you’ll be surprised by the different solutions, but I’m sure you’ll find something here that solves problems you were having too. Please feel free to tell me what problems you’re having, because if I have solved them already I may write about it.

CONTACT

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If any of those apply, please send me an email here: thecakepie@gmail.com