2024 in Games: Pleasant Surprises2024 was a wild and chaotic year for most of us. In my personal life, many unforeseen twists and turns kept me on my toes, and I felt…Jan 7Jan 7
2023 in Games: A Year To RememberI now look forward to writing these “year in review” essays, knowing full well that only a handful of online friends will read them. Those…Jan 5, 20241Jan 5, 20241
Self-Proclaimed Metal Gear Solid Fan Plays Metal Gear Solid for the First Time: A Series of Journal…It’s now been over a week since the credits rolled for Metal Gear Solid. While I initially I immediately began its sequel, I took a little…Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Self-Proclaimed Metal Gear Solid Fan Plays Metal Gear Solid for the First Time: A Series of Journal…It’s now been a couple days since I watched the credits roll for Metal Gear Solid. Looking back, I feel I have a greater appreciation for…Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Self-Proclaimed Metal Gear Solid Fan Plays Metal Gear Solid for the First Time: A Series of Journal…Somehow, I have avoided, for one reason or another, buckling down and playing through Metal Gear Solid. Despite identifying as some kind of…Oct 29, 2023Oct 29, 2023
2022 in Video GamesIn 2020, I wrote a very long article that reflected on my need for closure in long video games and reviewed to an exhaustive degree — the…Jan 2, 2023Jan 2, 2023
My 9 Favorite Albums of 2022Learning the genre conventions of “end of year” articles and reviews is good exercise. This is the first of a two part writing project that…Dec 29, 2022Dec 29, 2022
Reflections on Asynchronous TeachingIn a recent video by Zoe Bee, “What are English Classes FOR?”, academia-adjacent Youtube content creator –interrogates the idea that…Oct 3, 20221Oct 3, 20221
Book Review: Washington Bullets, by Vijay Prashad, 2020. Lefword Press2020 was for many, including myself, a revealing of the starkest of contradictions of capitalism laid bare. For me, these events sparked…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Give Me Some Closure: 2020 In GamesIt would be trite to attempt repeating the miserable platitudes we’ve all heard about how terrible this year has been by car companies…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
