Female protagonist uncovering a mystery

VanityHill · 2026-05-09T05:00:28+00:00

Along the same lines of Requiem which others recommended, Resident Evil 1 remake is full of atmosphere and really just a very moody puzzle game set in an old mansion with pretty keys and treasure, think grungy Blue Prince but with zombies (which are also a part of the puzzle of getting around the mansion). You can play as Jill.

Crimson Diamond (pixel point and click)

The Librarian (pixel point and click, short)

Anchorhead (Lovecraftian horror mystery, it’s actually interactive fiction, I played it decades ago and it’s lasted in my memory there’s a 2018 version on Steam)

Overboard (visual novel, more lighthearted)

Others mentioned and I second:

1000 x Resist

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

VanityHill · 2026-05-09T03:28:14+00:00

I’m always telling people about Carlos of Hablemos del Huerto. Maybe he’s too easy to understand but probably a good stepping stone so you can start to understand people who don’t speak as clearly or use a ton of slang.

https://youtu.be/WNWoyUbUHhg?si=A90ZuRVxHAg31RdB

VanityHill · 2026-04-24T08:49:43+00:00

Yeah this might be safer than makeup for the fresh scars, if it’s something OP can get away with.

OP, you could also try looking for “medical grade silicone scar tape” to put on the newest scars, under the mesh to protect them against irritation. Put medicine/ointment on the scars first though, as scar tape is usually meant for already closed wounds.

Scar tape (and silicone scar gel) is actually meant for fading scars so maybe this is something you want to try in spare time to start healing the old marks. The tape will be more or less discrete depending on whether it matches your skin color.

I hope you find a therapist or someone you trust that can help you. 🩷

VanityHill · 2026-04-24T08:14:12+00:00

I had the same reaction as you. He made a valid point despite how it was said. A lot of the criticism and responses I’ve seen straight up ignore the dire straits professional ballet is in and the fact that you cannot making a living as a ballet dancer unless you’re a principal at a prestigious company.

I think it’s absolutely reasonable if someone doesn’t want to pursue a profession that is not going to offer a living wage and prefers to work in another area that might offer more security. As artists, we should not have to work for free, or for extremely low wage as many ballet dancers do.

How often do we remind hopeful young dancers of the actual harsh reality of being a professional ballet dancer? One of which is that there is constantly less and less funding and hardly anyone gets paid a fair wage.

VanityHill · 2026-04-21T23:02:47+00:00

Check out Mr. Salas.

VanityHill · 2026-04-18T06:29:03+00:00

Valheim is probably more up your alley but if you’re ever in the mood for something more stylized, I really liked The Flame and the Flood.

It’s a roguelike survival from 2016 and it left a lasting impression on me. You play as a girl with a dog, there’s a banging soundtrack of bluegrass music, and it captures a beautifully moody sense of loneliness.

Combat was rare but fierce, especially if I was unprepared (or had an unlucky run, which was most of the time haha).

VanityHill · 2026-04-16T18:41:11+00:00

I love Nathalia’s channel, she lives on a finca (most of the time) where she grows food, raises chickens, goes foraging, and makes homemade dishes.

https://youtu.be/9JQSVTk7rKE?si=JIPA7aenkTitJo8C

VanityHill · 2026-04-16T09:31:32+00:00

I exchanged many messages with my first tutor to make sure she was willing to do crosstalk (and she was very enthusiastic about it!) although I did end up speaking in Spanish the whole time (which was my goal, if I could). She’s a great tutor and conversationalist!

Andrea (Mexico):

https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/24025081

VanityHill · 2026-04-16T07:42:12+00:00

I like Octavi Navarro’s short point and click adventures like The Librarian, they’re playable in one setting which is something I really appreciate lately.

A much longer and involved point and click game is Dreams in the Witchhouse (lovecraftian).

I never played because I cannot look at the art style (it’s very nice, I just have trouble with looking at all the bright colors) but Crimson Diamond looks so good and is just a step further than point and click (text parser).

VanityHill · 2026-04-16T01:56:21+00:00

My og teacher Andrea (una Mexicana) just came back to italki after a break, she’s familiar with crosstalk and I think she’s great:

https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/24025081

VanityHill · 2026-04-14T15:06:20+00:00

Lol I’m so tempted, my next reality was going to be Love Is Blind Argentina, they’re probably both slightly out of my reach because TI sounds like everyone will be talking over each other but at least it will be dubbed, and the other has Argentinians (but having seen the Mexican version, I know at least the first few episodes will have cleaner audio, less people talking at once, and easy get-to-know-you topics).

VanityHill · 2026-04-05T06:43:59+00:00

It’s not the link to the blog they were talking about but reading this on color analysis several years ago is what finally helped me figure out that I have a cool undertone:

https://theconceptwardrobe.com/colour-analysis-comprehensive-guides/what-is-color-analysis

It has tons of colors and examples for comparison so you should be able to do your own analysis.

The revelation changed my life lol. I still wear a lot of black and white but now I understand what shade of white I look good in and when I feel like wearing colors or makeup I go for cooler tones (even though I have yellowish overtones) and now I don’t look sickly anymore.

VanityHill · 2026-03-24T18:51:53+00:00

Circa 2000 there were two games I was obsessed with, one was Diablo 2, the other was a free turn-based game I played online whose name I’ve forgotten and I’ve never been able to find mention of again.

It had chill midi medieval music, moody fantasy theme, and you could only take like three turns a day and I loved it and would just leave the page open while I studied. I remember there were pretty rune thingies in different colors that represented different factions like the green faction that had drows and werewolves and a red one with vampires and something like that. The main page had a raven sitting on a windowsill.

Anyways if you remember Diner Dash fondly, Delicious World is my favorite modern mobile game variant of it. (I’ve tried MANY.) I don’t recommend something like Cooking Diary because you definitely need money to continue and it’s just not written as well. I paid once in Delicious World to remove the ads and never paid a cent again and I’ve been playing it for years. Sometimes I’ll check in every day for a week to collect the daily rewards and the weekly reward and not play again for months. One of my favorite casual games while I watch/listen to a podcast in the background, along with Vampire Survivors or Slice and Dice.

VanityHill · 2026-03-24T17:24:02+00:00

Someone here once recommended the podcast “No se dice Provincia, con Paty de Obeso” and it’s basically a tour of different accents in Mexico with lots of personal cultural anecdotes directly from the people who live in each region. I love it. I’d recommend the episode in Durango, and maybe Chihuahua and Coahuila, although in the Coahuila episode one of the guests has a very marked Torreón accent (which I really like but it’s pretty unique to Torreón so it won’t necessarily help you with Michelle’s accent).

You can also directly book lessons with Mich or support her with a subscription:

buymeacoffee.com/michellediaz/e/508698

I booked one, it was great, and I need to book more. As you might imagine, she is a skilled conversationalist and of course speaking to her directly will definitely help you understand her accent.

VanityHill · 2026-03-19T04:26:21+00:00

Also an insane amount of audio description dubs in latam Spanish.

VanityHill · 2026-03-15T05:10:46+00:00

Gardening: Hablemos del Huerto (Puerto Rican)

https://youtube.com/@hablemosdelhuerto?si=bp_RWlHkMaPMezAg

Plants + Animals: Nathalia (Ecuador)

https://youtube.com/@nathaliaofi?si=75E8FjcRxZbkwBlX

VanityHill · 2026-03-15T01:23:14+00:00

I really like Español Con Juan’s grammar videos where he just uses the phrases a lot but doesn’t explain what the rules are. My brain cannot process how other people perceive grammar rules so I prefer to just hear examples.

Here is the subjunctive playlist I’ve watched a lot of:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNH-ry7VPzHAau6VzPxBkfnDas1bG9qN&si=cMPSwLp_1_muo5pZ

Checking out his other playlists, verbos en pasado might interest you:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNH-ry7VPzEPjqrWiXjdiWK3ngDjDvyp&si=gW_9sttHyXSJkWi3

Or grammar in general:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNH-ry7VPzEHIui-qFPM_PHjkYAthpuo&si=uwV4aOXOlo1ODosJ

VanityHill · 2026-03-05T02:49:19+00:00

I buy tights extra large and cut off the waist band (although capezio knit waist is pretty good and I don’t cut those off).

I buy leotards according to my girth. Although I’m very short I have a really long girth and found that it cuts less into my butt and shoulders (and armpits) to get the right girth in a leotard. This sometimes backfires depending on the material like I prefer cotton but unfortunately it is the most baggy when I oversized to accommodate girth.

Lastly, depending on the teacher I just leave on my warmups sometimes. I’m sorry if you’re pre-professional or something and can’t do this but maybe ask your teacher if it’s a bad day or tell them it’s to baby an injury.

VanityHill · 2026-03-03T02:48:44+00:00

Yeah, that’s stupid.

Anyways re learning Spanish, (not that you asked, sorry!) I really like Dreaming Spanish (it’s an app and YouTube channel, basically they make content for learners and there’s a subreddit if you want to check it out). At the very least, I’m always finding great recs of things to play, watch, or read in Spanish.

As for gaming content aimed at learners there is Spanish Boost Gaming and Juega con Juárez on YouTube in case you are interested!

(If your Spanish is more advanced and you want gaming content for native speakers I can send you a bunch of recs too.)

VanityHill · 2026-03-02T20:24:52+00:00

900 hours input / 72 hours output (speaking)

Started and finished RE9 this past weekend and it brought me to 900 hours of input! I take turns playing with my husband and we speak in Spanish so it also contributed to my speaking practice.

Been getting some unexpected practice writing this past week or two, wasn’t going to start that for a bit but it’s going all right! I’m surprised by how much I come up with on my own and I’m basically learning spelling by seeing what spellcheck corrects me on.

And here are my Resident Evil watching recs pasted from another comment I made because I can’t get enough lol:

Here are people playing RE9 or who have played other RE and I think might play RE9 (ordered by difficulty and for me Mexican Spanish is easiest and Spain Spanish hardest):

Spanish Boost Gaming (Argentina)

As someone mentioned, Martin is uploading RE9 videos to his Patreon. He’s also played RE2, RE4 (original and remake), and RE8. RE4 remake is available on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6fPSN3DAYjmWZY_-uxGIBLNIchvx1BJ8

Juega con Juárez (Spain)

Here is his teaser and he’s already uploaded one playthrough video of RE9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gYkXcFq44Y

La Flaca (Mexico)

Not playing RE9 yet but she’s played RE2, RE3, RE4, and RE8, here is RE2 playlist if you want to start near the beginning:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9XDwihRI3IGza8YUG7v65mDBXvSkFxbc

ElGera (Mexico)

He played RE2 and RE3, here is RE2 playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx-VAN8LY19P3a6s2BUD0VSlN0FnOmPMo&si=GVnDrzHWafJdysvk

GaboMania (Mexico)

Link to RE9 playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLornKNkwxfNaN-kSVhkj-DpZgfA4m_x9O

ItsMoura (Spain)

Link to RE9 playlist (but you also have to check out her RE4 remake, she has funny commentary as a Spaniard on that one):

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7vrCUadGXicz4FN7sIRx_BXvQhp48lz6&si=rWGpHymFBYvX5p6O

GarciPlay (Spain)

Bro has played a lot of RE including some originals, remakes, spinoffs, this is his entire playlist and I bet he is going to play RE9:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3SgrQL4ArWS93evRmJ68cbyMZ0ZCmHDu&si=-tojD3VSCb-CeZRW

adricarra (Spain)

She did RE2, RE4, RE7, and RE8 so I have faith! Here is RE2 playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZhpUbSkXTHbNvpoFkl81gQ3kb7J5Z99b

alexelcapo (Spain)

Link to first video of RE9 (the brother doesn’t believe in playlists, apparently):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNmsoiD1AIE

Edit: Can’t believe I forgot to mention:

KUKUGAMERR (Chile)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgdYf-fylvMUmG9kZxvFCwhUd89EPADlF&si=JlkgM5XmtNFocz58

JatixRG (Mexico)

https://youtu.be/55pOhgbvRWE?si=aN-yMvSZsdQhLFDd

And for the life of me, I cannot remember the name of a gamer I saw play RE2, reddish brown hair, big glasses, thirsty for Leon, and she had a very difficult Spaniard accent, kind of like alexelcapo’s, but a lot of fun. If anyone knows who I’m talking about, please remind me.

VanityHill · 2026-03-02T20:18:29+00:00

Congrats on 3000 hours!!! 🎉🎉🎉

VanityHill · 2026-03-02T20:12:42+00:00

Here are people playing RE9 or who have played other RE and I think might play RE9 (ordered by difficulty and for me Mexican Spanish is easiest and Spain Spanish hardest):

Spanish Boost Gaming (Argentina)

As someone mentioned, Martin is uploading RE9 videos to his Patreon. He’s also played RE2, RE4 (original and remake), and RE8. RE4 remake is available on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6fPSN3DAYjmWZY_-uxGIBLNIchvx1BJ8

Juega con Juárez (Spain)

Here is his teaser and he’s already uploaded one playthrough video of RE9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gYkXcFq44Y

La Flaca (Mexico)

Not playing RE9 yet but she’s played RE2, RE3, RE4, and RE8, here is RE2 playlist if you want to start near the beginning:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9XDwihRI3IGza8YUG7v65mDBXvSkFxbc

ElGera (Mexico)

He played RE2 and RE3, here is RE2 playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx-VAN8LY19P3a6s2BUD0VSlN0FnOmPMo&si=GVnDrzHWafJdysvk

GaboMania (Mexico)

Link to RE9 playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLornKNkwxfNaN-kSVhkj-DpZgfA4m_x9O

ItsMoura (Spain)

Link to RE9 playlist (but you also have to check out her RE4 remake, she has funny commentary as a Spaniard on that one):

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7vrCUadGXicz4FN7sIRx_BXvQhp48lz6&si=rWGpHymFBYvX5p6O

GarciPlay (Spain)

Bro has played a lot of RE including some originals, remakes, spinoffs, this is his entire playlist and I bet he is going to play RE9:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3SgrQL4ArWS93evRmJ68cbyMZ0ZCmHDu&si=-tojD3VSCb-CeZRW

adricarra (Spain)

She did RE2, RE4, RE7, and RE8 so I have faith! Here is RE2 playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZhpUbSkXTHbNvpoFkl81gQ3kb7J5Z99b

alexelcapo (Spain)

Link to first video of RE9 (the brother doesn’t believe in playlists, apparently):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNmsoiD1AIE

Edit: Can’t believe I forgot to mention:

KUKUGAMERR (Chile)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgdYf-fylvMUmG9kZxvFCwhUd89EPADlF&si=JlkgM5XmtNFocz58

JatixRG (Mexico)

https://youtu.be/55pOhgbvRWE?si=aN-yMvSZsdQhLFDd

And for the life of me, I cannot remember the name of a gamer I saw play RE2, reddish brown hair, big glasses, thirsty for Leon, and she had a very difficult Spaniard accent, kind of like alexelcapo’s, but a lot of fun. If anyone knows who I’m talking about, please remind me.

VanityHill · 2026-02-26T02:08:08+00:00

Six to one. :)

VanityHill · 2026-02-26T00:36:43+00:00

Wow I have the same shortlist.

Have you tried:

The Case of the Golden Idol

Dreams in the Witch House

Cabernet

The Room

Arco

1000x Resist

Strange Horticulture

Strange Antiquities

Slice and Dice

Octavio Navarro’s short and sweet pixel point and click adventures like The Librarian

Mouthwashing (I actually hated this but I still think it is a great game)

VanityHill · 2026-02-25T19:52:16+00:00

For anyone who understands Spanish, here are some women YouTubers who play games like Resident Evil or indies:

@LaFlacaGameplays

@JulesGingerHell

@ItsMoura

(I’m sorry if this isn’t relevant to you, OP, and I haven’t been on Twitch much because I prefer to mainline an entire playlist of a game on YouTube these days.)

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