Poetic Musings
Thank you for taking this literary journey with me! Here I post personal thoughts on social issues, reflections about day-to-day living, and of course a healthy amount of stories inspired by the many games I’ve played over the years. I try to update several times a week, and genuinely appreciate the care and support of all who read these words, whether the post is fanciful or heartfelt.
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A Lexicon for the Nexus
The communities that have sprung up around online games have developed their own vocabulary to explain various mechanics, play modes, and strategies. While these often remain similar across a particular genre—first-person shooters share basic game elements, as do most...
Working for Home (Runner Concept)
Every night the trid has explosive, sexy, exciting shows about Shadowrunners, making them out to be more myth than anything. It seems like the mystique of corporate espionage took over when werewolves and vampires and zombies turned out to be real. It’s all a fiction...
Ghosts of the Morning
One of the most rewarding aspects of role-playing to me is the ability to create and develop emergent stories, the journey taking twists and turns its participants never could have expected from the outset. This story about two vampires—one stoic and sinister, one...
Fatal Mistakes were Made
This writing sample represents in a small way the heresy which has come to define the tattered legacy of Theston Metrulis III. A failure on all fronts, he abandoned his mortal family, he abandoned his immortal family, and in his stubborn and willful naivete he very...
In Media Res
It's not that the plucky band of privateers specifically wanted to start a small peasant rebellion against the ruling Montaigne aristocracy, but their ideas of freedom and self-governance quickly caught on with the area's farmers, and while some may call it "sowing...
Compounding Errors
There's a business philosophy that's easy to spread but difficult to obey: "don't throw good money after bad." An extension of the sunk-cost fallacy, the idea that more energy or money can save a failing project or endeavor isn't always true; sometimes, it is much...
