Willow is an experienced writer and lifelong nerd with a passion for video games and Japan. She has a background in tech journalism and over 200 articles under her belt. She’s also lived and worked in Japan and is fluent in Japanese.

Surrounded by games since childhood, Willow grew up watching her parents compete at Mario Kart 64 and puzzle their way through Zelda titles. Her favorite genres of games include JRPGs, action RPGs, life and farming sims, MMORPGs, and visual novels. Some of her most well-loved titles are: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Final Fantasy Online XIV Online, Stardew Valley, Steins;Gate, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Assassin’s Creed.

For Willow, the fun of writing about games is all in the details — the secrets you unlock after 100 hours of gameplay, or the bonus dialogue you force out of an NPC through endless interactions. It’s about sharing the kind of exciting facts that make readers grab their controller and boot the game up to see it for themselves.