Leveraged Words
Clients sit and talk to me about their lives, and I make mild observations or comments as I see fit. Amidst our chatter, I mix drinks.
Posts created for Critical Distance’s monthly Blogs of the Round Table series.
Clients sit and talk to me about their lives, and I make mild observations or comments as I see fit. Amidst our chatter, I mix drinks.
(Note: This article contains significant spoilers for the freeware visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club. Those hoping to avoid spoilers should play the game prior to reading. Content Warning: Mental […]
When I was younger, I spent a lot of time feeling bad about myself. It wasn’t anything terribly traumatic, but a likely common story for the nerdier folks going through […]
The grass sways in the wind, the sea reaches up to the cliffs, spraying ocean into the air before calming once again into itself. Seafaring birds drift in the distance, […]
When I first started playing and writing about games, it was a different time. Advertisements were built on the backs of the grunge-fantasy vibe of metal bands. Or they wrapped […]
Sometimes life feels like a puzzle to me. A series of small thoughts, shapes, and configurations that are shaped more or less like the pieces of other people’s lives and […]
I typically loathe difficult games. In part because designing challenges is difficult. Technology being what it is, computers can’t match a hand-tailored stage design or a human’s variations in play. […]
The cool breeze of the night feels like a second home to me. I grew up sticking to the shadows, slowly and steadily teaching myself the secrets of stealth by […]
Playing Fallout 2 as a child probably wasn’t one of the healthiest methods of personal development. The wastes of southern California were huge. They contained townships as distinct as the […]
At exactly six in the morning, the cries of a rooster pierce through the peaceful rest of the farmhouse in Stardew Valley. Before my character is even entirely out of […]