Last September I decided that I wanted to learn how to build a VRChat world. I had never made a VR project before, but I’ve been working in and around interactive entertainment since before t| Plausibly Deniable
I just reread McLuhan's observation in Understanding Media that "in the arts the particular mix of our senses in the medium employed is all-important," and it got me thinking about @McPhersonsound 's| Plausibly Deniable
I gave a lecture at Prefabs TLX in VRChat in December 2020, and I made some observations about presenting in VR.The audience was muted during my talk, which absolutely makes sense. However, it m| Plausibly Deniable
Every year around this time I spend an afternoon hunting for my chowder recipe so that I can use up our Christmas leftovers, because I am bad at organizing information consistently. So I'm going to| Plausibly Deniable
There are a lot of essays I want to write within the field of How D&D Is And Why, but before I even begin, framing it that way has some problems. The concepts and patterns of thought I want| Plausibly Deniable
Lots more stuff this month than in July!I posted some reflections on nerdish social dynamics, with Nitpicking and the fannish tithe, Fanboys and scientific realism, and Social Science and the Pop| Plausibly Deniable
I posted 13 pieces in June.Several of them looked at issues in game design, from my review of the Two Towers console game to my thoughts on stealing game dynamics from digital games for use i| Plausibly Deniable
I recently re-read Roland Barthes' essay "The World of Wrestling," in which he draws a distinction between a sport, which is an event based on the "demonstration of excellence," and a spectacle, which| Plausibly Deniable
In May I uploaded nine new pieces.Most were vignettes from different periods of my life, from wrangling squirrels in Redwood City to the travails of women in Silicon Valley 7-Elevens to handlin| Plausibly Deniable
Within the constellation of allied hobbies and subcultures collectively known as geekdom, one finds many social groups bent under a crushing burden of dysfunction, social drama, and general interp| Plausibly Deniable