I’m starting a new blog series called So you want to make a game. This series will cover various aspects of game design, creation, and publication including: How to source art on a budget? Le...
Spire Play Report: An Ordinary Lantern Session 2
Nix and Ishalle encountered two drow guards patrolling Ivory Row. One of the guards was thin and wiry, the other was solidly built. The guards asked them why they were out after curfew, and demande...
Spire Play Report: An Ordinary Lantern Session 1
Nix, an Azurite Ishalle, a Midwife Hekate, a Knight Zhaver, a Carrion-Priest We start with two quick scenes of agents being given assignments from their Ministry contacts. Hekate is new to the Mi...
Sly 2: What it means to be the best
I know I’m 20 years late to this one. I don’t promise timely takes. I get to games when I can, which is often way after they come out. It’s part of the reason I’m so averse to spoilers. Sly 2 is, ...
2048 in 2024
Or, looking back at 2048 Ten years ago, 2048 swept the nation. Or, at least I thought it did. I was in college at the time, and it turns out that’s a breeding ground for viral mobile games and sim...
2023 Recap: Books and Comics
I’ve been reading 75 books lately. At least, that’s what Goodreads says, and it’s true, as long as you count audiobooks, comics, RPG supplements, and the like. Some people don’t. People draw lines...
2023 Recap: Board Games
I played 54 unique board games this year. Of those, 14 were new to me this year: Imhotep, Just One, Patchwork, Red Rising, Dixit, Shadowrun: Zero Day, Encounters: Shadowrun, Level 7: Omega Protocol...
2023 Recap: TV
I’m not very good at watching TV shows, but there’s been quite a few recommended to me, and I try to make my way through them. Below is a rough ordering (from least favorite to most enjoyed) of TV...
2023 Recap: Movies
My goal in 2023 was to watch 30 movies, and near as I can tell, I’ve done it. It’s slightly tricky because I watched one movie twice, and watched a couple of films I’d seen before (marked below wit...
2023 Recap: Video Games
As of the time I write this post, I have finished 25 video games this year. I’m currently playing through the second Sly Cooper game (Sly 2: Band of Thieves), though it’s unclear if I’ll finish it ...