Five Things: February 8, 2024
"'The future sucks' seems to be the underlying theme of yet another edition of this newsletter. Sorry, not sorry!" Five things for February 8, 2024.
Commentary and reviews on games and gaming of all types.
Five Things: January 4, 2024
"One of the few book-related things I’d save in a fire." Five Things: January 4, 2024.
Encounters: Shadowrun — Modified Solo Play Rules
In which I codify my homebrew rules for Encounters: Shadowrun, hopefully making the game more satisfying for solo play while adding a fun narrative layer to make it more immersive.
2023 in Review: A Few of My Favorite Things
2023 was a pretty good year for my personal relationship with immersive media, though. I enjoyed a range of new-to-me books, games, movies, and TV, while also uncharacteristically diving back into some old faves when I needed a bit of comfort food.
Five Things: November 16, 2023
"Culture handbooks don't produce culture, people do." Five things for November 16, 2023.
Five Things: October 12, 2023
"The music I write can inspire the artists and writers." Five things for October 12, 2023.
Is Football Manager the Greatest RPG Ever? (tldr: YES!)
No two games of Football Manager are ever alike, and the “true ending” is largely up to you. If you like multiple overlapping systems with a depth and complexity that can’t easily be min-maxed, Football Manager’s got that in spades. Praise RNGesus!