Oct 3, 2021A Win And A Loss: A Beetlemania Short StoryEmmy’s forehead perspired beneath the arena lights. The circular crowd sat in anticipatory silence. You could almost hear it. A man on her right clutched a raggedy pamphlet close to his chest — tonight’s proceedings or fixtures for the match. To her left, a mother cradled a sleeping babe. The…Short Fiction8 min readShort Fiction8 min read
Oct 3, 2021SamaSome stanzas from a poem that I never finished from several years ago. A voice like revelation sings in pitches high and low; the rhythmic beat of angel wings sound silently in tow. A flat note joins the chorusing of pilgrims lined for prayer, all marshalled by the muezzin — a girl with jet black hair! Her skin is white like edelweiss or his perfected heart — the torch that thawed the Arab ice, uniting tribes apart.Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Feb 5, 2021How Games Can Be RealIn one of our games design classes last week we spoke about the persuasive/political power of videogames over other media. This power lies in how they allow us to play out their arguments, not merely in our heads (which every medium affords), but concretely through action and consequent feedback. …Games3 min readGames3 min read
Aug 6, 2018The virtue of cloning games for practiceMusicians start out playing other people’s songs before learning to write and perform their own. Game developers on the other hand often jump in the deep end, attempting to implement original ideas without much regard for what came before. In game dev, the analogous step to playing old songs is…Game Dev1 min readGame Dev1 min read
Apr 20, 2017RevelationThe Word of God is like a stone that skips a sea of shores unknown. It paints a circle with each leap, stirring to life what was asleep.1 min read1 min read
Apr 11, 2016The fluorescent bulbThe fluorescent bulb winks flirtatiously, inviting me to darkness. It coaxes me to look, and change, and see, with my raw, God given, capacity.Sermonslice1 min readSermonslice1 min read
