The Wall of Memory
Sometime in the last few years it became officially Not Cool to talk about nostalgia anymore, or to admit a sincere emotional connection to products of capitalism and consumer brands. […]
The Player-Character Relationship
Hiya! Here’s a talk I gave at Visual;Conference 2018. Check it out!
CROSSNIQ Looks Cool (And That’s Okay)
One of the reactions I often get when I write about games is that I need to chill the fuck out. It’s a fair criticism, as I tend to run […]
The Light
The Light (AKA “Noah & The Quest to Turn the Light On”) is one of those games that’s so perfectly concise and thematically spot-on that it feels almost effortless. And yet…that’s […]
OH GOD IT’S LOOSE
For the past several months, I and the rest of an amazing team at Pixelberry have been slaving away on our beautiful Frankenstein hell-child: a nasty little series called It […]
How’d They Do That?
In games, when we discuss a novel new gimmick that “just works” so smoothly it seems like it HAS to be automated, the answer to the eternal question, “How’d they […]
Use Wheelbarrow on Game
Let’s get something straight: old-school adventure games suck as a platform for story-delivery. That’s the kind of sweeping generalization that makes a lot of people really angry, but fuck it, […]
FF Story Style
It’s 2 AM on a Friday and I’m sitting in the dark writing a stylesheet for Twine. Why? Who knows! The long answer is, a personal project that will probably […]
The Axes of Roleplay: Exploring the Player-Character Relationship
After years of writing, gaming, and writing about games, I recently received my letter to Hogwarts: a job writing for games (like, at a real company! With coworkers! And a […]
Acknowledging Elephants: Bernie Sanders and the Millennial Vote
In the 1990’s and early 2000’s, you would hard pressed to find a single Democratic politician who did not secretly, in their heart of hearts, believe that gay rights and […]