It's not enough to make me live here again—hell no. But there's no better place on Earth to disappear into the dark and not-so-lonely night with a drink in your hand, I will give it that.

You eat that pizza, and y'know what, I roll my eyes all the time at "only in New York" because that's never true. But this moment, this hyper-specific instant? Only in fucking New York...

and you just got a $1 slice of pizza. There's a roaring river of fellow drunkards from every imaginable life, every alternate reality's main character flowing around you; you're like the stone the river bends around. Yellow cabs flow by like it's 1999...

Cool! Feel free to send samples and pitches to my email listed here: arstechnica.com/author/samue...

Sweet! Best way to get in touch is email me a few relevant samples and either a pitch or two or some statement as to what you'd like to explore covering that's a fit for Ars Technica's audience. You can find my work email on this page: arstechnica.com/author/samue...

Hi Brandon! Feel free to send pitches to my email listed here: arstechnica.com/author/samue...

Glad to hear I'm on the right track! 😆

Hi Emily! The samples I see on your Muckrack page are focused on indies or Nintendo. I think we're only interested in stuff that hearkens back to meaty PC gaming of the 80s/90s in some way; Baldur's Gate, space sims, etc. If you have samples in that area, let me know.

Hi! I had to dig a bit on your Kotaku author page to find suitable samples but some of your Baldur's Gate 3 stuff was maybe a fit. If you're interested in doing features on PC games like that, feel free to email me pitches at the email address found on my author page: arstechnica.com/author/samue...

Hi James! Always excited to seek out ways to bring OSS dev voices to Ars. If you have ideas and some of your old samples, shoot them to me at my work email found here: arstechnica.com/author/samue... Thanks!

Hi Timothy, unfortunately we're not interested in commissioning pieces on Nintendo or console games. If you have deep experience and samples on the PC/desktop side, let me know.

Hi! You can send writing samples to me at my work email (found at arstechnica.com/author/samue... ) along with some pitches if you're interested!

Hi Simon! This sounds really interesting. I've gotten a lot of interest on the gaming side but could really use some voices on software dev, so I'm interested. Send me some samples and a pitch or two at my work email found here: arstechnica.com/author/samue... Thanks!

Hi Damiano. Happy to see some pitches from you, especially since we've worked with you before! Feel free to shoot some to my work email listed here: arstechnica.com/author/samue... Thanks!

Hi Carli! If you think you have some ideas suitable for the Ars Technica audience, please send writing samples and a pitch or to my work email listed here on my author page: arstechnica.com/author/samue... Thanks!

Hi Maggie! C64 articles could work for us potentially if the angle is strong. Send samples or pitches to the email address on my author page and we'll see if there are any opportunities here: arstechnica.com/author/samue... Thanks!

Looking for pitches! Send some samples and pitches my way at the email address on my author page: arstechnica.com/author/samue... Thanks!