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...