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My Webcomic Reviewed by Real Girl Gamers
My webcomic Draw Write Play has recently been featured in the LJ community girl_gamers and it's quite refreshing to hear both good and bad reviews of my comics from real girl gamers themselves. Admittedly, my characters are not what may typically be considered as girl gamers, since they are as much interested in fashion and "girly" stuff as they are interested in gaming, so my webcomic might not be something you can call a fair representation of the community. I'd like to think of Cel and Pixie as just girls living normal lives except their lives are heavily influenced by the world of gaming.

In any case, the comments that the article (Girl Gamers Represented in Media) received really got me to thinking more about my webcomic and I just hope that in time I could grow it into something that girl gamers themselves will accept and appreciate. It also led me to ask the question: what makes a girl a girl gamer? For now though, I need to stick with my original storyline and grow my characters slowly. Since I am only doing this comic as a hobby, I don't want to stress myself over trying to please everyone. I don't expect to be as big as CAD or Penny Arcade, although of course, every webcomic artist WANTS to be as big as CAD and Penny Arcade.

In other news, I found out this morning that the leather on my favorite and fairly young pair of boots is peeling, which is kind of frustrating because I wanted to wear them to work today. Even more frustrating is it's so hard to find a good pair of boots nowadays, especially in the Philippines (because technically speaking, it's not for our weather).

I also discovered a new (at least, new for me) Japanese restaurant at Tomas Morato called Omakase. Me and my boss went there for lunch and he introduced to some incredibly scrumptious Crazy Maki. Think of it as a combination of Tuna and Sashimi wrapped in Japanese rice topped with fish eggs and chopped fried anchovies (I think they were anchovies). Yum yum. I so love our new office.