I’ve written a lot of stuff over the years; this page is a collection of those pieces of text that I’m particularly happy with, or that carry special meaning to me. The categories are, like most categories, little more than convenient bullshit. This page is always a work in progress.
Games & Game Design
- A Moment of Perfect Beauty (originally for Nightmare Mode)
- Games For Adults (originally for Nightmare Mode)
- Designing for Grace
- The Bolshevik in the Borderlands (at The Escapist)
- Second-Hand Elf (at The Escapist)
- The Game That Ate The Earth (at The Escapist)
- Games, Art and Michael Stipe Laughing
Politics, Art & Philosophy
- Statement of Principles
- Sympathy for the Hollow Artist
- Free Speech and the Means of Communication
- Against All Nationalisms
- Class and Identity
- Rebellious Aesthetics and Indie Capitalism
- Identity and Disability
- World English, English World
- Would You Kindly Not, Identity Politics and How We Talk About Ourselves
- Art Without Teeth
- The Spirit of the Whole: Socialism and Religion
Life