Five Things: January 4, 2024
"One of the few book-related things I’d save in a fire." Five Things: January 4, 2024.
Commentary and reviews on games and gaming of all types.
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!
Five Things: September 21, 2023
"On book bans, Google Fusion, car-free cities, cars as spyware, and a podcast recommendation." Five things for September 21, 2023.