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Top five human inventions

I love the Nintendo Switch. It’s one of my favorite pieces of technology I own, and is a technological marvel. The screen, the size, the portability, switching seamlessly between handheld and docke...

His Majesty The Worm: Interview with Josh McCrowell

I spoke to award-winning TTRPG designer Josh McCrowell about His Majesty The Worm, the dungeon crawling RPG currently nominated for two ENNIE awards. Edited and adapted from a conversation on July...

Matthew Nevers Interview

I chatted with Matthew Nevers, master of tension, modern horror magistrate, and seasonal sensation. We discussed building in public, fake doors, and learning from other games. Adapted from a conve...

June 2025 Roundup

Below are things I’ve learned, remembered, or found interesting in the past month: After 200 years, red-billed choughs were reintroduced to Kent, England. There is much debate am...

A Couple of Drakes Interview

I’m chatting with Shawn and Navi Drake of A Couple of Drakes, known for games like Dead Belt, Court of Blades, HEDGE, Fe Borg, and more! Adapted from a conversation on May 30, 2025 This interview ...

Ted Lasso is good, actually

How it came to me (the show, not the realization) I don’t like sports. I’ll link an occasional sports story, I make references to Air Bud more than the average person. And I’ll tear up at the end ...

We have to build the wolf: an interview with Aaron King

We have to build the wolf! Aaron King might be the funniest person I have ever interviewed.  Assume every conversation is punctuated with (laughter) instead of the more typical dot. We spoke about...

Biting the Hand: Going Rogue with Jess Levine

Adapted from a conversation on June 18, 2025.  This interview has been edited and condensed. I spoke to Jess Levine about Going Rogue, the Star Wars–inspired TTRPG on Kickstarter now.  Alex: You...

Emily Zhu 朱保敬 Interview

I had the pleasure to chat with Emily Zhu 朱保敬. What follows is a truncated and edited transcript of the strangest interview I have ever, and likely will ever, conduct. It covered topics ranging fro...

A Handful of Steam Part 4

Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 Death Howl Grid-based deckbuilder fighting game with exploration and crafting Published by the studio behind Frostpunk and This War of Mine comes Death Howl, a poi...