Meet Puppets
A quick tourism PSA for the best attraction in Atlanta, the Center for Puppetry Arts
Half-Life: Alyx is not an immersive life sim
How the Half-Life series has all the ingredients of a perfect VR game and then subverts most of them
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Eight Nights
Two tangentially-related tunes celebrating a vague idea of another culture’s holiday
Super Mario Bros Wonder: The Conversation
Super Mario Bros Wonder is relentlessly delightful and in constant conversation with the player
Literacy 2023: Book 15: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The first Hercule Poirot mystery is essentially a template for everything we expect from an Agatha Christie murder mystery
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: It Was a Very Good Year
Two tangentially-related tunes that came out when I was 21
Peace & Love
In honor of Shane MacGowan’s passing, some thoughts about what a huge impact the Pogues had on me
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Move Fast and Break Down
Two tangentially-related tunes to listen to while waiting for Silicon Valley to collapse
Blessed are the Mid
Rambling, unorganized thoughts about living up to expectations and how it’s okay to be okay
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Elevator Lady Edition
Two tangentially-related tunes to make you think of stuffing, cranberry sauce, and alternate realities
Hey Now, Dolly
In honor of Dolly Parton’s new album of covers, an atypically mean-spirited list of my least favorite songs
We Interrupt This Broadcast
About the exodus of accounts from Mastodon, and all the things that make social media deeply unnatural