Why Did You Run?

As I was taking my shower one evening, my thoughts drifted to the film Captain America: Civil War, and its fantastic airport battle scene. But my attention went to one moment in particular, namely when Bucky and T’Challa were locked in conflict during the airport battle. Bucky says to T’Challa: “I didn’t kill your father!”, […]

Write the Skeleton

Writing advice, like a lot of things, namely philosophical queries, story ideas, revelations on how I should tackle that next scene, ideas to flesh out my work, brief snippets of poems, you name it, all these things come to me in the shower. Here’s one of my most recent (hopefully) profound shower thoughts. Write the […]

RIP Nipsey Hussle

So, as many of us have heard, Nipsey Hussle was shot to death yesterday in Los Angeles, in front of a storefront he’d opened. I’ve been trying to reconcile how I feel about it. I’m not a super empathetic person by default so I generally don’t feel much when I read about yet another celebrity […]

Rant – The Plodding Pace of Pokémon Ultra Sun’s Opener

The opening sequence of Pokémon Ultra Sun is so…frustrating. It’s been a long time since I’ve played a game that’s so mind-numbingly, frustratingly linear as the opening to Pokémon Ultra Sun. This sequence flat out refused to let me explore and seemed practically allergic to allowing gameplay to happen organically. And it’s not that the game penalizes you for stepping […]

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