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...
Aaron Voigt Interview
I chatted with Aaron Voigt about broadening horizons, building relationships through podcasting, and what makes a good video essay. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Alex: Yo...
A handful of steam (part 3)
Part 1 and Part 2 Castle V Castle This is a great game! It’s simple, with no tutorial needed, it’s fun, and the demo ends exactly where it should, teaching the game, but leaving you wanting mor...
Inspiration Everywhere — an Interview with Quinn Murphy
I shared a laughter-filled half hour with Quinn Murphy of Thoughtcrime games, where we discussed the blogging–freelancer pipeline, Pathfinder 2e, and the many forms inspiration can take. Transcri...
May 2025 Roundup
Below are things I’ve learned, remembered, or found interesting in the past month: The words “Quote” and “Quoth” are completely unrelated to each other! Quoth comes from proto-Germanic for...
Reading License Plates
Today I am doing science. Largely, this is inspired by the blog Experimental History. You can’t read impassioned pleas to do science, small science on your own every two weeks1 without catching a l...
Most Cities Sleep
I expected the adverts. Times Square is a billboard turned into an attraction, a subtle trick to make you seek out the flashing signs telling you what you want, what you need. What I didn’t expect ...