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Grief, Anxiety, and Failure
While in rehearsals for my first bout of scripted theatre, which is quite a recent story, I knew that I was mostly off book. This meant that I knew the gist of my lines, although I wasn’t necessarily word for word. I knew the ideas that I needed to convey to carry ideas to my Continue reading
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Golf, Complex Games, and Practicing Better
Today, I played a full round of golf. This is a sport notorious for many things. While it would be fun to talk about the accessibility of the sport, and how there is such a large barrier of entry to it in the cost of starting, that is not what I want to talk about. Continue reading
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The Reuben
I have not met another Reuben before. But, I was familiar with the word. I knew that it was a type of sandwich. Being a sandwich, I figure that this thing most likely has meat. I was thinking that it had some sort of cured meat, or perhaps corned beef… that sort of sandwich. You Continue reading
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What Is Good?
In any sort of medium, space, or activity, there is the question of an objective way to measure skill, or superiority of skill. Who is the best at a thing? It is in our nature. We as people, we as humans enjoy competing in our tribes against other tribes. It’s not just unique to humans. Continue reading
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The Names for Rain (Or The Lack Thereof)
I have to look up the number but I believe there are 20 names for snow. It’s not in my language, I believe it is in the Eskimo language. Knowing that a lot of their life is surrounded and defined by it, it would make sense that they have so many ways to describe snow. Continue reading
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The Seattle Collection
I went to a trip to Seattle, and I had a lot of essays that were inspired during that time. They’ll be mass linked here, and they’ll be steadily posted in-between your normally scheduled gaming discussions. Or heck, they might just be back to back to back. I don’t know if anybody is reading this Continue reading
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One Thousand Mistakes
Goodreads is currently down and being buggy, so I can’t look up the rest of the books that I have read this year. There are a few, and one of them probably contained the idea for learning that is mentioned in the above book…well, it came up twice, so I think it is useful to Continue reading
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Why Indie RPGs?
The reason why I got into indie RPGs is not just because of the OGL fiasco. I discussed this in my Perfect Game thing. I am always looking for systems and tools that will help my players feel more comfortable at the table. Whether that is taking improv classes to be able to get them Continue reading
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Not An Original Idea
There’s a thing in social media and in other places–there is a culture of not quoting other people. I grew up with a wonderful education system that is for reference, the United States public education system in the lovely state of Hawaii. Which means a lot of things, as a public school in Hawaii is Continue reading
About Me
An avid storyteller who enjoys all sorts of mediums for storytelling, but primarily games. I have been a Game Master since 2015, text roleplayer since the ambitious age of 8, and a reader since before that. I worry more often about my art than I should.
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