The second part of my analysis of the video game Control will deal exclusively with the environment. While I loved every bit of this game, I can unequivocally say that the strongest element was environmental design. There are so many moments in this game that inspire jaw dropping awe that…

Control is a video game released in 2019 by Remedy Entertainment to mostly positive review and a number of recognition and awards. The game is an action oriented third person shooter with a story inspired by spooky alt-reality fiction such that you’d find in the SCP Foundation. The player takes…

Sourcery, published in 1988, is the fifth book in the Discworld Series and the third book featuring the wizard Rincewind as a main character. As a narrative, it feels like a soft reboot of the first three books. There is a great magic that threatens to plunge the world into…

My day started with an invite to an undisclosed field about ten miles out of my city. Naturally I assumed it was an organ harvesting operation, but the woman who invited me was beautiful. (On second thought perhaps “and” would be a more accurate conjunction.) Her name was Rabbit, an…

One of the most beautiful expressions of math in nature is the golden spiral. We see this in nautilus shells, flower pedals, and even the expression of galaxies or massive storms! It can make us feel like we’re part of something more or that there is some grand design to…

MrBeast is a multi-millionaire and doesn’t need my support. I’m not here to make you feel better or worse about him. I’m here, because he is a really interesting figure within capitalism and worth examining. One of the few rich who actually transfers wealth downward. I warn my typical reader…

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If you really think about it, every human is a finite perpetual motion machine unto themselves. We don’t have forever, but boy do we run through our lives. Nights give way to morning, mornings give way to work, work to our evening, and then back to the dreamland — at…

Hello, dear reader. What I’m about to tell you may be alarming. It may be scary. But know that I am here to tell this story and that at the very least should give you some comfort. I think it’s important to understand where social media started and how we…