Gamer Girls Vol. 1: Gnat vs. Spyder

Gamer Girls Vol. 1: Gnat vs. Spyder — page 5 — interjected She eyed the bowling game Wouldn’t you just go bowling Exactly Celia said making a face Womp I felt like this GAME OVER But what I said was Hmm Eloquent right I know I bet you’re really impressed The rest of the night we ate pizza swapped stories about our weekends and Celia even braided my hair But as the night went on the unused pizza tokens in my pocket felt heavier and heavier I had to make peace with the fact that all Celia wants to do is a ton of art projects and Jess doesn’t bother to look at anything unless there’s some kind of sporty ball involved So I continued gaming in secret And that’s kind of how Gnat112 was born 6 ANDREA TOWERS

Gamer Girls Vol. 1: Gnat vs. Spyder — page 6 — Owns GNAT US SPYDER Gnat112 is my gamer tag meaning it's the name that people see on screen like Spyder As Gnat112 I'm cool Collected Outgoing I can bust aliens with the best of them and just let down my guard I have no real anxieties when I'm gaming other than where the next alien is coming from or if my arsenal of potions will replenish itself before I must make another attack INVENTORY YUM POTION MAKES SCHOOL LUNCH TASTE BETTER QUIET POTION MAKES MEL WHITE MIND HER BUSINESS BOOKWORM POTION ADDS +13 INTELLIGENCE UPON RETURNING A LIBRARY BOOK MATH WHIZ POTION GIVES +50 SPEED WHILE SOLVING MATH HOMEWORK But as Nat Natalie Schwartz I'm kind of the total opposite I read lots of books and daydream way too much I discovered Alienlord last year on a whim while browsing discounted games There are a few different modes of gameplay on it but in my favorite you team up with another player where one of you is an alien and 7

Gamer Girls Vol. 1: Gnat vs. Spyder — page 7 — the other is an alien hunter Then you battle it out Western style like your life depends on it It’s last player standing a fight to the ultimate CRUSH Or until the timer runs out At first I attempted to find other Alienlord streamers but it was hard Alienlord isn’t a cool new game in fact it’s kinda old and it was a fluke that I found it at all So one night I decided to set up a stream My parents okayed me streaming but they don’t really understand video games Enter Dylan my big sister I know most thirteen-year-olds wouldn’t say they’re best friends with their twenty-two-year-old sister but Dylan’s different She always has been And she’s looked after me from the day I was born I mean literally there’s a photo of her holding me in the hospital and she has one of those looks that says Mess with her and I’ll punch you in the face Dylan helped me start the stream and all things were going smoothly But while battling a three-headed alien I made a bad move and lost a life The streaming commenters did not like that Obviously it really hurt 8 ANDREA TOWERS

Gamer Girls Vol. 1: Gnat vs. Spyder — page 8 — GNAT US SPYDER AsparagusMonkey ur a bad gamer WhatsUpDog90 purple headset how original chris_g_5 girls can't game AsparagusMonkey ur boring chris_g_5 go do something else b00mb0x_00 no1 cares WhatsUpDog90 go read a book Don't pay attention They're just trolls Dylan hissed Not actual trolls like the cute dolls or goblin type guys Online trolls meaning people who hide behind a screen and make hurtful comments I tried to listen to her I grit my teeth and went back to the game But the comments kept coming in I was a poser an attention seeker a fake gamer I stopped the stream I can't concentrate I told Dylan Should I tell them to stuff it Dylan shook her head Don't feed the trolls she said That's like internet rule number one Keep your head up keep streaming and you'll find your people soon 9

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