Some stuff I enjoy(ed)! This page will always be a work in progress.

Blogs

Games

  • Magic: The Gathering: I’ve been playing Magic for most of my life and consider it to be the best tabletop game humanity has created. The online version, MTG Arena, makes it easier than ever to learn how to play.

Roguelike Deckbuilders

Procedurally generated gameplay keeps things fresh, and meshes well with my Magic-driven fondness for deckbuilding. Consistently my favorite genre of videogame.

  • Slay the Spire: The OG roguelike deckbuilder. My most-played game on Steam, I can’t recommend it enough.
  • Inscryption: A horror-themed roguelike deckbuilder with some twists.
  • Balatro: A roguelike deckbuilder where your starting deck is an ordinary deck of playing cards.

Puzzle Shooters

A nice mix of strategy and reflexes.

  • Hotline Miami: Top-down 2D gameplay reminiscent of 80s arcade games. Gratuitously violent.
  • Superhot: First-person gameplay where time slows down when you do. The most innovative shooter I’ve played in years!

Books

Web Serials

Books published chapter-by-chapter on the internet. Often very long when completed.

  • Worm: Complete. Spoiled me across all media for superhero fiction, it’s that good.
  • Unsong: Complete. Thrilling story filled with clever wordplay and other witty humor.
  • Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: Complete. An alternate-universe Harry Potter where Harry was raised by scientists. Lessons in rationality taught through scheme-filled plot.
  • Project Lawful: Complete. A wild ride where the protagonist’s lectures educate readers as well as characters.
  • A Practical Guide to Evil: Complete. An epic medieval-fantasy tale with unusually genre-savvy characters.
  • Pale Lights: Ongoing. Tricky to describe, by the same author as A Practical Guide to Evil.
  • Magic is Programming: Ongoing. A software engineer is dropped into a medieval-fantasy world and learns to exploit the system of magic.