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 […]
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. […]
Just Sit In The Chair: Improvement is Like Amway
A long, long, LONG time ago, in my earliest years of adulthood (I’m an adult?), a family friend who also happened to be our local dry cleaner got my family involved in Amway. Now: I’m not here to debate the pros and many MANY cons of multi-level marketing. Anyone who has a bit of knowledge […]
Replace/Rewind: Why Arena Needs Replay
Everyone’s a critic, but some critics have easier jobs than others. It’s easy to see lots of things that Arena could improve or do better. Lord know the interface itself has taken many steps forward since the early days of Alpha play, and recently there has been a lot of focus on the bug and […]