Hookay, writing this blog post not because I have good ideas, but because I don't have any ideas. Bashing my head against a writing prompt i...

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

I recently read Sölitary Defilement (Solo rules for MÖRK BORG) and did another reading pass over Ironsworn and figured it could be a fun little exercise to think about what “Solo...

The Times reports that an inside source has told them that the new president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry, may ban trans and intersex athletes from the Olympics.

How the typewriter empowered Victorian female stenographers to invent a unique art form that gained newfound notoriety in the digital age.

Hello, and thanks for backing! The Kickstarter launched yesterday and already we're more than halfway funded. Obviously I won't be able to sleep peacefully until it's fully funded, but 60% is a good s...

I love pretending to be an elf just as much as the next guy, but it pales in comparison to the joys of pretending to be a mouse with a sewing needle sword at my side.

Four Lighthouses and One Kerfuffle for the Week of November 10, 2025.

I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko translated by Amber Tamasaitis Seven Seas 2019      I kind of love the tr...

So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.