Missouri State Joins CUSA: An Alternative Perspective on the M_______ VC.
Everyone in Springfield is excited about Missouri State moving to Conference USA. Well…everyone but me.
TT: Life/Writing Updates
Where have I been? Well, where have YOU been?
“Heal me!”: The Life of an IRL Support Main
Support mains have been a time-honored role in video games. But what happens when you realize you might be that sort of person in real life? It turns out that there are both opportunities and pitfalls.
Focus Among The Flashing Lights: Deep Work and Gaming
Much of what has been written about focus and deep work exists to get you away from your games and into “real worK”. But how can focus help your gaming as well?
TT: And Now For Something Completely Different: Coworking and Fiction
So hi. Remember me? Remember this place? I do of course understand how weird it is that my last blog post described how I was going to be revamping the blog to cover more than MTG decklists and tend towards more of a general writing/update sort of thing…and then I promptly went silent for more […]
TT: Writing is Scary, Yo
(Note: This marks the first installment of Territory Thoughts, a semi-regular post that’s going to serve as a way to talk about my random musings and whatever is going on in life at the moment. I’ll try to make these official in places like Twitter but probably not IG, and I most likely won’t talk […]
Tiny Tina Spoke to Me: The Value of In-Person Subculture Through Cosplay
What happens when an outsider visits an anime convention and finds more than he bargained for?
Historic 4C Rin-and-Seri-lings: A Fever Dream Wrapped in Cats
This is not your average decklist article. When I have written articles on decks in the past, I have done extensive playtesting and research. I have put together the reasoning and explanation behind every card that I select. I have knowledge of what your sideboard should look like, and I have an idea of how […]
Days Undoing: The Great Relearning of MTG
The phrase goes that “there is nothing new under the sun”, but never was that more true than during the era where everything was new: the 1960s. Yes, the bellbottoms and paisley, the era of free love, free drugs, tune in and drop out, the stereotypical hippies. But that wasn’t as new as they thought. […]
The Ultimate Reason for Alchemy in MTG: Perpetual Rotation
Ever since Wizards of the Coast announced the new format of Alchemy coming to Arena, there’s been a lot of discussion on what this format means for the future of MTG and the reasoning behind it. Some people are angry because of the extra money needed to cover the 30-60 playsets of rares and mythics […]