Danielle Riendeau

Danielle Riendeau

Danielle is the Editor-in-Chief of this delightful website, as well as a part time game design and film professor, volunteer EMT, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt (really working for purple one day), and a hobbysist game developer and screenwriter. She has two kitties and a puppy, all of whom are obscenely cute.

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Fortnite Almost Had a Dark, Gritty, Depressing Look

I’m officially a Fortnite fan now, what with my first battle royale victory last week and all my enjoyment of the game’s vibes. So I’ve been poking around in some of the game’s GDC (G...

How, Exactly, Does One Beat Elden Ring in Under 23 Minutes?

There will be a few spoilers for Elden Ring in the following piece.

In the Mouth of Madness Creeps Into the Cult of Personality

This week on You Love To See It (our movie podcast!), Fernanda and I re-watched In the Mouth of Madness, John Carpenter’s final installment of his “apocalypse trilogy,” as a new twis...

What’s in the New Star Wars Bar's Five Thousand Dollar Drink?

Disney announced its drink list for the Hyperspace Lounge today — a bar on the new Disney Wish cruise ship. Under the “hyperfuel” section is a selection of non-alcoholic drinks, and then, in its own s...

My Journey to Seek the Best Rune Farming Spot in Elden Ring

So, I’m finally getting to the later (later-ish?) portions of Elden Ring, after almost 88 hours of the game. My old rune-farming location in Caelid (which I’ll talk about later) just isn’t cu...

Cozy Grove New Neighbears DLC: Which Bears are Leaving

As a daily Cozy Grove player (a Cozy Grover, you might say), I’ve been pumped about today’s DLC, the first paid expansion pack for the game, called the New Neighbears DLC! It’s th...

I Love the Poison Mist Incantation in Elden Ring

Ever since my esteemed colleague Collin MacGregor turned me onto the fact that poison mist could be used to cheese certain strong foes in Elden Ring, I’ve been positively hooked on the in...

From Software Might Be Teasing Elden Ring DLC with a Crucible Knight Post

This week, the official From Software Steam page dropped an Elden Ring nugget on Steam, in a mysterious news post asking “Who Did the Crucible Knights Serve?” It’s a short post with a...

Cozy Grove Spring Update: How to Find and Feed Ducklings

As a daily Cozy Grove player (a Cozy Grover, you might say), I’ve been pumped about the Spring Update, which started just this week. Among other things, has brought cute butterflies floating ...

Starting No Man’s Sky for the Third Time

I have something of a long and storied history with starting No Man’s Sky: I’ve just done it for the third time in six years this past week. My first time with the game, I played on launch we...

I’m Living My Best Life Playing Elden Ring as a Platformer

I had a come to Erdtree moment with Elden Ring this weekend. While I previously embraced the game as a spectacle, and then decided to download it and give it a shot despite a...

Today’s Framed.wtf Movie of The Day Hints & Answer #38: April 18, 2022

If you’re actively trying to solve the Framed.wtf movie of the day for Monday, April 18, 2022 and want some hints, you’re in the right place. I recently discovered the game (inspired, of course, b...

Cozy Grove Guide: How To Decorate Your Tent

Cozy Grove just released a massive autumn update. Among the new features is a photo mode, new pets, bunnies that give a new form of essence, a Halloween event and Halloween creatures, an acco...

I Can't Stop Playing Skyward Sword, Even Though Its Controls Want Me Dead

You may have heard it on the podcast this week, but I am angry at The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. Not because it’s a bad game: frankly, it’s the opposite. It’s a real...

Cozy Grove Guide: How To Get The Accordion for Fast Harvesting

As part of the massive autumn update for Cozy Grove, developer Spry Fox has gifted players with potentially the biggest quality-of-life improvement since the ability to feed pets from your ba...

The Fancies 2021: Danielle’s Top Games of 2021

Content warning for a mention of a COVID 19-related death in this article.

Last Stop Pulls Out Every Stop with Great Camera Work

As I mentioned on Channel F this week, I’m really enjoying Last Stop, the latest game from Virginia developer Variable State. Like the previous game, it’s a relatively forthright experience...

Cozy Grove Halloween Guide: How to Trick or Treat, get Costumes, and Catch Spooky Critters

While Cozy Grove’s big autumn update landed earlier in the month (and we wrote some handy guides, if you need them), the Halloween content just dropped this Wednesday. Included is a whole...

The Gym in Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s Wall Market: A Review

Welcome to Would I Workout There (WIWT) – a column where I, a professed fitness freak – take a look at the virtual gyms in video games and answer that pressing question: would I, in fact, break a s...

How to Find Eggs in Cozy Grove

Eggs are an important resource in Cozy Grove: so much so that there’s a traveling merchant character who actually stops by your island once a week, peddling eggs and rare decorative wares. Eg...