Israfact #28: I love games that make me cry.

Israfact #27: My sweet sweet 2025 Valentines are Healer from 1000xRESIST, Jeff from Marvel Rivals, and Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima.

Israfact #26: I can't play games where the main movement is flying. I get nauseous and vomity, like that one time I got knocked up by my boyfriend.

Israfact #25: I'm married to AAA games, but I'm in love with indie games.

Israfact #24: My 2024 Valentines are going to Bancho from Dave the Diver, "Cinder" Carla from Armored Core 6, and Dohalim from Tales of Arise. Bonus pity Valentine for salty boi Iguazu from Armored Core 6.

Israfact #23: My hands and my self-esteem get absolutely wrecked whenever I play a FromSoft game.

Israfact #22: I like cooking in video games as much as I dislike cooking in real life.

Israfact #21: The 3 video game characters I'm sending Valentines this year are Blaidd from Elden Ring, Corsac from Potionomics, and the fox from Tunic. Seeing as how 2 out of 3 are canines, this might indicate I have a furry problem.

Israfact #20: My favorite kind of strategy game is tower defense aka turtle defense. This is because I am a coward and only cowards utilize turtling as a primary battle tactic. But I am no ordinary turtle. I am a fearsome snapping turtle. Poke my base and I will bite off your fingertip, maybe even a whole digit. You have been warned.

Israfact #19: I cannot legitimately play survival horror games. Any kind of logical reasoning I would use to calm my nerves in real life is rendered useless inside a horror game. My bowel control is similarly rendered useless.

Israfact #18: When I was young I really admired the OG Lara Croft (the one from the mid-90's with the razor-sharp boobs). She was sexy, smart, and a bona fide badass. I wanted to be just like her when I grew up!

Israfact #17: My first video game crush was Guybrush Threepwood from The Curse of Monkey Island.

Israfact #16: I am a confirmed rabid Valve fangirl. Please remain calm with no sudden movements. Avoid direct eye contact but do not run away. Back away slowly and use a soft, soothing voice to say that Valve is indeed the best company ever and that there is absolutely nothing, not even the slightest bit wrong, with my frothing blind devotion to a video game corporation.

Israfact #15: If I've been offline from Steam for more than 7 consecutive days, please file a missing person report.

Israfact #14: I hoard in-game achievements to compensate for my utter lack of real-life achievements.

Israfact #13: I hope to eventually collect most of the old classics and the best modern games that are available on Steam. A warm, welcome home awaits them inside my Steam backlog that is sprinkled judiciously by niche cult gems, padded most generously by a bunch of forgettable mediocre titles, and finally topped off by bad or dirty ones.

Israfact #12: I'm a filthy casual who enjoys pretending to be good at video games. Don't tell anyone.

Israfact #11: "Israfene" was the name of my Dark Elf Shillien Oracle from Lineage II.

Israfact #10: I got my first job and Dark Age of Camelot became my first mmorpg instead.

Israfact #9: When EverQuest first became very popular I really wanted to play it. My parents refused to get it for me because of the monthly subscription. I totally cried over it.

Israfact #8: My lifelong admiration of female villains started with Kerrigan.

Israfact #7: I was abysmal at StarCraft but I loved the writing so much that I cheated my way through the base game and the expansion just so I could complete the story.

Israfact #6: My main in Diablo II was a Bowazon and she was my highest level character at level 70-ish.

Israfact #5: Diablo II single-handedly got me through my super awkward high school years.

Israfact #4: The very second PC game I played was Diablo.

Israfact #3: The very first PC game I played was Day of the Tentacle.

Israfact #2: I decided to become a "gamer" when I was in my early teens. It was a desperate tactic to get this boy's attention. It didn't work.

Israfact #1: The very first video game I played was Super Mario Bros. for the NES.

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