2025-05-09 — Thunderbolts*. (๐ 11 min) I saw the new Marvel movie, liked it more than I thought. Plus some thoughts, as always
2024-12-23 — Celeste โฐ๏ธ๐. (๐ 26 min) Celeste is one of the most meaningful games I've ever played. This essay contains a lot of personal insights and anecdotes on how it follows me, over 6 years later.
2024-12-01 — Artistic Handoffs ๐ค. (๐ 12 min) Talkin' about "artistic handoffs," cool questions that arise from art bouncing between multiple people. How might we lose it?
2024-11-13 — The Vegetarian ๐ณ. (๐ 28 min) Reactions and reflections to The Vegetarian, by Han Kang
2024-09-26 — The Substance ๐งช. (๐ 17 min) I wrote up a bunch of reactions to The Substance, which I didn't strictly enjoy the whole time, but it certainly got my brain working.
2024-07-30 — Disco Elysium ๐ชฉ๐บ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. (๐ 26 min) Probably my favorite game in 6 years, here's too many thoughts and reactions to Disco Elysium.
2024-05-01 — The Sympathizer ๐ป๐ณ. (๐ 26 min) Reactions to the novel The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Mostly personal essay tbh
2024-03-06 — Kinds of sequels, and BioShock 2 ๐ซง. (๐ 11 min) Three paths (with examples) on how to follow-up on a hit, and some discussion of BioShock 2
2024-02-26 — BioShock ๐ฆ. (๐ 11 min) Reactions to the game BioShock, released in 2007.