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Aug
04
mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes
A revolt against the homilies by which this world is run, a wilting carnation memorializing a dream of abundance and belonging.
7 min read
Jul
27
OlliOlli World is a gnarly tombstone worth returning to
My earliest video games obsessions split the difference between two genres: platformers and action sports games. Sonic the Hedgehog on
7 min read
Jul
26
25 Good Things - An Introduction
23 weeks left of the first quarter-century in this new millennium.
Mixed feelings, as per usual with me.
For one,
2 min read
Jul
25
July 20: It’s not a machine, after all
Maybe you missed those weekly recs, maybe you never gave it a second thought. Maybe you’ve been lost in the Feed for so long that you’ve gotten used to the idea of people fading in and out of your scroll that absences mean almost nothing to you anymore.
5 min read
May
06
I Want To Talk To You About Cruelty
Julie is the first person in your life who paid attention to you - really stopped to pay attention to you. And it changed you. It made you better. And the cruelest thing is that places like Taylor and Cedarville don’t believe you’re worth that attention.
7 min read
Apr
01
April 1: If nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy
It’s not cowardice to take a moment and find the soul at the bottom of your coffee cup.
3 min read
Mar
18
March 18: Whiskey and Twizzlers and Youth’s Discontent
The fire dies down and you feel you’ve gotten what you needed from it and so you venture back out under the winter sky, maybe remembering that its cold blue is as beautiful as the orange glow of the hearth.
4 min read
Apr
09
April 9: In Case You Missed It
ICYMI: The records we didn't talk about from Q1 that you should still be checking out.
4 min read
Apr
02
April 2: How do I not cast a shadow?
Don’t worry. I have nothing to say about last week’s Oscar night and the slap
that has already
6 min read
Mar
26
March 26: The sacrifice is a metaphor
Video games are often vehicles for power fantasies. The fantasy of environmental
supremacy - being able to navigate any space.
7 min read