joannanelius.com - Writing

Essays

The Verge

Melodramatic․com helped me find community on the early internet

When notifications remind us of things we'd rather forget

One year with the Light Phone II

Gizmodo

I Miss My First PC

The Tech My Dad Banned from Our House

PC Gamer

Why I loved playing Duke Nukem 3D with my dad

Managing patrons and puke in the classic management game SimCoaster

Laundry was the best and worst thing to happen to The Sims

I tried the Sims 4 vampire challenge but ended up hoarding people in my basement

Features

Laptop Mag

From the basement to the festival: The enduring allure of vintage computers

Gizmodo

The Pandemic Exposed a Massive Digital Divide in Our Schools They Can't Fix on Their Own

Satellite Internet Will Not Solve the Digital Divide

Apple's Fantastic M1 Processor Is Held Back by Software Compatibility

We Are Tech Is the Exact Edtech Startup the U.S. Needs Right Now

PC Gamer

This game destroys real books to help players cope with grief

What it's like to go to college on an esports scholarship

Here's how Stadia's input lag compares to native PC Gaming

Life is Strange 2 makes you feel like a terrible parent, but that's the point

Poetry

HWA Poetry Showcase (Vol. 5, September 2018)

Safety Labels on Hospice Beds

HelloHorror (October 2015, as S. J. Paige)

The Young Sailor

Reviews

Laptop Mag

I spent a week using this sub-$500 2-in-1 Chromebook — I can't believe how much better they are in 2025

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition review: Sleek and refined, but one flaw vexes me

Acer Swift 16 AI (Intel) review: Polarizing potential

Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 (2024) review: A gaming laptop that shouldn’t be overlooked

The Verge

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge review: beauty before brawn

Asus Zenbook S 16 review: AMD stays in the game

Here’s how Qualcomm’s new laptop chips really stack up to Apple, Intel, and AMD

Apple MacBook Air M3 review: small upgrades

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 review: setting the bar for foldables

USA Today

Lenovo's versatile and transformable Yoga Book 9i 2-in-everything is a literal work of art

HP's Dragonfly Pro is a case study on how a keyboard can make or break a laptop

The PlayStation Portal works fine under extremely specific circumstances

The Valve Steam Deck is a PC gamer's perfect portable companion

Gizmodo

Intel Somehow Squeezes More Performance Out of Its 11th-Gen Desktop Processors

Nvidia's RTX 3060 Ti is the Mid-Range GPU Champion

AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT Is So Good That I’m Praying There’s Enough Stock

I Fell in Love with the Asus ROG Flow X13, and Then It Broke My Heart

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Review: Meet the New Best Desktop Processor

PC Gamer

Asus Huracan G21 gaming desktop review

Maingear Vybe gaming PC review

Corsair One i160 review

Event Coverage

PC Gamer

Warcraft 3 Reforged’s story isn't changing to fit WoW because people love the voice actors

Overwatch 2 is definitely an expansion rather than a sequel

This Halo fan event was the surprise wholesome gathering of the summer

Citations

My work has been cited in the following research papers and professional correspondence:

A 2020 letter from the ACLU to the Supreme Court of California

eSports as a Digital Media Business

The Effects of Latency, Bandwidth, and Packet Loss on Cloud-Based Gaming Services

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