Isabela Oliveira

Something I’d like to do more of for The Geek Embassy is to highlight content and creators whose work online that I enjoy. For this first spotlight, check out some of the creators of color who are making kickass content that I adore!

Podcast and media suggestions if you need to laugh and forget the real world for a little while.

Capes & Baskets: What Fairy Tales Can Teach Us about Superheroes – Were you unable to attend Geek Girl Con or Wizard World in Portland, Oregon? Have you always wanted to see The Geek Embassy’s ambassadors in action?

Well, now is your chance!

Since The Sims is a life simulation game, a large part of the previous iterations was watching a Sim grow throughout their life… and one of the biggest disappointments fans of the Sims got when The Sims 4 first came out was the lack of the toddler life stage....

Come on, admit it. You’ve taken a Harry Potter house quiz or two. It’s a great geeky time killer at the very least. This month, we decided to take a few quizzes and compare results.

Our theme this month is our yearly holiday gift guide! We’ll be suggesting gifts for each of the consulates: Story, Pop Culture, Tech, Gaming, and Lifestyle.

If you’re having trouble getting into the Halloween spirit, put on one of these podcasts to set a spooky mood!

Steins;Gate first came out for the XBox 360 in 2009. It was shortly thereafter adapted into a manga and, later, an anime series and an animated film. It was recently ported over to Steam for Windows.

I recently wrote about my geeky obsession with tiny houses…. Before I got any further in this journey, I wanted to make sure I was comfortable in those kind of spaces, so last week, I booked a couple of days in two separate tiny houses.

There are certain books that stand out in my long, long list of books I’ve read during my life. They are books that opened my mind to new worlds of stories, provided comfort during difficult times, or are just plain fun and entertaining to read.

I feel a huge rush of nostalgia when I’m playing the game. The names of Pokemon I thought were no longer in my memory come back.

I think I was obsessed with small spaces before I ever saw or learned about tiny homes.

As I touched on in my previous Sims 4 post, gender expression is not physical, but rather something we learn from our environment, culture, and our interactions with others.

A lot of learning to stand my ground has been slowly culling certain things from my vocabulary – words and phrases that I’ve noticed are primarily used by women to seem accommodating and approachable.

It would be truly inspiring if the Sims introduced the idea of a gender spectrum, as opposed to it’s current gender binary of male or female.