Best Games - Lode RunnerThe first version of Lode Runner I ever played was on the Atari 800. Then I played it on a Commodore 64. And then on an Apple II. And then on a PC. I just played the Arcade ...

Sometime in the early 90s, I was flipping through channels and stopped on this amazing movie. I didn’t know what it was, I didn’t know how long it had already been running, and I barely...

We’ve had the Steam Deck here for a while now. It’s a great machine. We have played a handful of modern games with it, but, in all honesty, I mostly play old games on it. Mostly Street ...

Just a short writing update today. I have three short stories in various stages, one in the early edit and rewrite stage, one extremely early with only a concept and outline jotted down, and one th...

Best Games - Street Fighter Alpha for the Game Boy ColorThis game has no business playing as well as it does on a Game Boy Color. I bought a Game Boy Color in 2001. The Game Boy Advance had ju...

I was going to post up a painting today. That was the plan.I try to sketch or paint a bit every week. You know, just to keep limber or whatever.I had a stint there where I was only really drawing w...

I’ve been doing a lot of stuff with procedural textures recently. I think that might be the way everything will have to go in the future. 3D graphics have gotten progressively better, mo...

Best Games - CameltrySometimes games get lost. Even great ones.A singularly brilliant idea and design, a game that should have spawned endless sequels and copycats, just disappears. Cameltry i...

I wrote a story a few years ago that I keep wanting to go back to. It was a short little thing. Maybe 1500 words or so. It felt like a lot at the time. Now, I can’t sum up a single thought in...

Over the last week I taught my kids some 3D modelling in Blender. The task was to go from zero, downloading and starting Blender for the first time, to making a model and then printing that model o...