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Job Hunting Simulator has all the soul crushing reality of an actual job hunt

Great news, everyone! Unemployment is down to 5.1%, the lowest its been since 2008! The American dream is resuscitated, pumping a feeble yet confident fist up into the air. Well, except for millennials, that is, where unemployment is still at a resounding 13.8 % as of May 2015. Yeah, that’s right, if you’re anywhere from 18-29 years old, the supposedly stabilized economy doesn’t mean shit to you. Granted, this year’s millennial unemployment rate is better than last year, when it hovered over and above 15%. According to research from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, millennials are estimated to make…

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Will the upcoming Life is Strange be the coming-of-age story millennials deserve?

Teen girls continue to rule gaming like never before, the latest entry coming in the form of the soon-to-be-released episodic adventure called Life is Strange. Created by Dontnod, the same team behind the promising yet ultimately conflicted Remember Me, this new game tackles coming-of-age in the millennial era. High school senior Max struggles to cope with all your usual teen girl problems: best friends who change, falling asleep in photography class, learning how to harness your time travel powers. Well, okay, some elements of Max’s coming-of-age tale may lean toward the atypical. But her power to rewind time, unlike so many other…