It may be easier than ever to connect across vast distances thanks to the advent of high-speed broadband. But that doesn’t always translate into seamless gaming experiences on PC. We’ve spent the better part of the past decade trying to find ways to game together here at Love is a Fetish, and unfortunately, PC gaming …
Go on…Xbox Game Pass is testing a slick new ‘performance check’ for PC
I hate that lube has such a weird stigma. A lot like medication, some confused folks believe lube is a “last resort” or proof of a failure of some kind. As if your body doing what it’s supposed to be doing could ever be a fucking failure, but I digress. Lube is awesome. And not …
Twitter doesn’t make it very easy to go back and bulk delete tweets that you feel might not represent you in the best light. If you’ve had your account for very long, it’s likely you don’t still hold all of the same opinions as you did when you originally shared them. Or you’ve posted some …
Go on…Delete old tweets for free with this rad, antifascist service
A pair of researchers from the Australian National University and the University of Helsinki recently published a fascinating paper discussing the scientific relationship between romantic love and sleep. Apparently, there’s a commonly-held belief that people experiencing romantic love sleep better than folks who aren’t. Per the duo’s paper: “Romantic love is commonly associated with a change …
Go on…A scientific mystery: Why do people sleep better when they’re in love?
The concept of “self-care” isn’t necessarily a new one, but the field of research surrounding it is far from mature. Succinctly put: we’re just starting to understand the physiological ramifications of long-term exposure to stress, anxiety, and frustration. We’re in an era where most folks finally recognize the importance of self-care. By and large, we …
Go on…Study: Practicing self-compassion makes you a better caregiver
There’s no shortage of awesome new experiences for fans of the Halo franchise in 2021 with Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode making a surprise-free appearance earlier this month. Yet, somehow, we ended up spending our Monday night playing Halo Wars, a spin-off game from over a decade ago. 2009 was a fantastic year for video games. It brought us Batman …
Go on…Retro review: Halo Wars’ co-op campaign is still a blast in 2021
Posten Norge, the official postal service of Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, recently created the most gloriously queer holiday shipping ad we’ve ever seen. Check out the video here: For something that comes in at just under 4:00 (there’s a 1:00 version here), it sure does pack a lot of punch. The plot follows what …
Go on…This queer Santa ad from Norway’s post office is the best holiday movie of 2021
I have found few things as rewarding, exasperating, creative, tedious, and rage-inducing than learning claymation. And this includes learning how to roll a perm in under half an hour in cosmetology school nearly two decades ago, where I saw no less than a dozen stylists lob their mannequin heads across the room in a fit …
I’m pretty excited for the upcoming WWE 2K22 game and for good reason: there wasn’t a WWE 2K21. The last game in the franchise was WWE 2K20. It was so poorly received that Visual Concepts and 2K decided to take a year off and reassess things. It wasn’t that bad Realistically, 2K20 was a good …
Go on…2K finally drops a decent trailer for WWE 2K22 – it looks like a great ‘date night’ game
A team of prestigious researchers from Rome published a fascinating study earlier this year confirming what we’ve been saying at Love is a Fetish for years: some people enjoy having sex. This might not be breaking news to anybody, but the research is intriguing. The haves and the have nots The team conducted a survey with …
Go on…Study finds ‘quarantine-related plague of anxiety’ can be mitigated with sex