Over the past 8 years, my taste in video games has drastically changed. 

When I first got into gaming, I relished the adrenaline rush I got from frantically mashing the buttons in games like Uncharted. Now, I prefer a story-driven game: I’d rather sit back and watch things unfold at a leisurely pace.

I don’t know what sparked the change in my interests. Perhaps it was the realization that most action-adventure games are incredibly similar. Maybe I just got lazy. Or maybe it was because I finally learned how to relax and enjoy myself while playing a video game. 

Regardless of my shifting preferences, there is one series that’s stayed with me through the course of my gaming career.

That is the critically acclaimed Blackwell series. 

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About the Blackwell Series

In the first game in the series, The Blackwell Legacy, we are introduced to a struggling young journalist named Rosangela Blackwell. When her comatose aunt suddenly dies, a spirit name Joey Mallone pops into her life and tells her that she’s a medium. 

I encountered the game in high school and amongst all the fighting/shooting games that sat on the shelves next to my TV, this game was a delightful getaway. Its slow-paced gaming mechanisms, witty dialogue, and perplexing puzzle system provided a real escape from the panic-stricken escapades I’d previously played. This went on right until the game’s series finale, Blackwell Ephipany, which was released in 2014.

This week I decided to pay homage to the series that kept my attention for years and years by picking three of the game’s most prominent characters and creating outfits based on them.

Rosangela Blackwell

While Rosangela’s style might be a little “Plain Jane”, what she lacks in her looks, she makes up for with her intelligence. She’s uber smart and uses it to her advantage when it comes to getting spirits to come with her to the other side.