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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You Love to See It 11: Bringing Up Baby

Happy Valentine’s Day! Or… Palentine’s or Galentine’s or whatever tickles your particular fancy. This week, we’re falling in love (maybe!) with a classic screwball comedy of the 1930s, Howard Hawks’ <...

You Love To See It 13: Heat

This week, the crime crew of merritt k, Steven Strom and Danielle Riendeau watch and discuss Michael Mann’s macho 1995 classic, Heat. A crime drama with surprising ties to reality, unbelievable cinema...

You Love To See It 15: Hail Satan?

The Satanic Temple might not be what you think it is. It was founded in the last decade by a bunch of folks who wanted to use Satan as a symbol for tolerance and religious pluralism in the US,...

Walmart Trying To Sell Me Laxatives Instead of a PlayStation 5: A Review

Today, like many days in a typical week, I tried to buy a PlayStation 5 console. One of my friendly colleagues posted a Wario64 tweet with a handy link to Walmart’s website, where the retailer was rep...

You are Cordially Invited to the 90s

It’s music video month on You Love To See It (our movies/TV/any kind of screen-based media podcast!) and it has been an absolute trip so far. For September’s first video soiree, LB brought Cibo Matto’...

A Short Hike Has Me Excited About Game Design Again

A Short Hike has always been a game I meant to play. It received serious positive buzz from smart folks when it arrived in 2019, and its pitch is very appealing: it’s a small-scale — yet comple...

You Love to See It Episode 4: Krampus

It’s the day after Christmas, and all through the house, the creatures were hungover, even the mouse. The stockings were slung in disarray by the kitchen, and all Krampuses’ critters were moaning and...

My First Year at Fanbyte: A Review

I can’t really believe it, but today is my official one year anniversary at Fanbyte! The world may have been hilariously different just a year ago… and even different from April first, when I took ove...

Perusing The Fine Art of Violence

Content warning for a mention of domestic abuse.

You Love To See it 30: The Good, The Bad, The Weird

This time around, Fanbyte editors merrit k, Steven Strom, and Danielle Riendeau pack their six shooters and funky hats and dive into the gorgeous, action-packed world of The Good, The Bad, The Weir...

You Love To See It 29: Man of Tai Chi

This week on the movie podcast, Danielle, Niki and Collin were delighted to watch Man of Tai Chi, a slightly bananas 2013 martial arts movie that also happens to be Keanu Reeves directorial d...

The Meme Shirt in Animal Crossing: New Horizons: A Review

There are hundreds of clothing items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Fits for every taste. I, myself, have compiled an impressive collection of athleisure wear and dad-style Hawaiian shirts...

You Love To See It 27: Attack the Block

Since actor and activist John Boyega (perhaps best known as Finn from the latest Star Wars trilogy) has been making a stir lately with awesome speeches, we thought we’d revisit the movie that landed h...

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Control's Threshold Kids

Control was one of the most beloved games of 2019 around these parts. It was my #2 game of the year, and it sure did pretty well on other folks’ lists and in our myriad end of year coverage....

You Love To See It 24: Stay Alive

So, get this… if you die in the game, you die in REAL LIFE. That’s not the entire premise of Stay Alive, a delightfully goofy 2006 thriller starring beloved character actors like Jimmi Simpson,...

You Love To See It 22: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is not a great movie. It’s probably not even a good movie. But it’s a fairly interesting film, at least for its historic significance: it was supposed to launc...

You Love To See It 21: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience

For our second visit to The Lonely Island, intrepid co-hosts John Warren, Niki Grayson, merritt k, and Danielle Riendeau donned baseball caps and set off to the 80s in The Unauthorized Bash Brothers E...

You Love To See It: Tiger King

Danielle and John dive all the way in to current Netflix Obsession Tiger King, a documentary about the deeply messed-up folks who collect big cats in America. It’s focussed on a few key playe...