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Update and Post in Play the Past!
Heya! The first semester of my MA is almost done, and I’m happy to say I’ll be able to link a couple of my course projects to this blog towards the end of this year! They’re pretty exciting; for instance, have you ever wanted to hear a limited run podcast about how intertextuality and hypertextuality…
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Read “PSA: Take Care of Your Horses” in Unwinnable!
Hi there! I’m happy to report that not only am I still alive, but I’ve also been published in the latest issue of Unwinnable Exploits! My section essay is on the mechanics of horse care in Red Dead Redemption 2 [RDR2]. I’d already written on RDR2 for this blog—a little bio piece on Arthur Morgan—but…
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Drakengard 3 Retrospective and NieR Speculation
Hiya! Two months ago, I uploaded this video to my YouTube channel for the 10th anniversary of the English release of Drakengard 3. It’s a retrospective that tries to pick apart how this bizarre, terrible little gem found its way out of Yoko Taro’s crazy brain in between the cult classic NieR Replicant/Gestalt and its…
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Meet Arthur Morgan, Disgruntled Middle-Manager
I’m feeling a little lost. I finished my degree in December, and now I’ve entered the waiting period that every university graduate—especially an arts graduate—dreads. I’m waiting to hear back from grad schools, prospective employers, editors, the whole nine yards. Every day that goes by leaves me with more time to imagine new worst-case scenarios;…
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Play Untethered!
Hey there! Last weekend, I participated in the 2024 Co-Create game jam hosted by the University of Alberta Games Den and Interactive Arts Alberta. It’s a little ironic given the name of the jam, but this time I chose to go it alone. See, I’ve been creatively blocked for a bit here, and when the…
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