Writing
I think I can see the lights: Cass McCombs' "County Line"
2023
Short essay on my favorite song of the 21st century so far, 2011's "County Line" by Cass McCombs.
Persistence of Vision
2023
Essay on the history and lingering promise of Eskil Steenberg's defunct MMOFPS Love. Published in the 2023 Are.na Annual.
Two early Freuds
2022
Analysis of two small oils by the late British painter Lucian Freud: 1946's The Birds of Olivier Larronde and 1950-51's Boy Smoking.
Vocalcity
2022
Review of Vladislav Delay (under the alias Luomo)'s 2000 microhouse masterpiece.
Narrative coherence in thematic card games
2021
Essay on narrative design and hermeneutics for thematic card games (especially CCGs).
In the Wee Small Hours
2019
Late-nite brooding on thecatamites' grisly 2013 flatgame anthology Mystery Channel.
Peering in on SpyParty
2019
Review of the open beta for Chris Hecker's asymmetric indie esport SpyParty.
The Bayonet Charge
2016
Screenplay relating a highly decisive middle school-era airsoft match.
Bathos
2012 - 2014
Chapbook of lyric poems composed between 2012 and 2014 (since revised and compiled into PDF).
"The Plight of Dreamcast George" was adapted for video by Adrian Alfonso, and "Daydream" was almost adapted for piano and voice by
Eric Segerstrom.