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Title treatment for the essay that reads "My Mail Carrier is Always on the Phone".

Who are they talking to?

Posted on June 2, 2023 by PatientRock

A short, interactive essay interrogating a question I’ve had for years.

When writing a text adventure every noun you mention is a curse, for players will surely want to interact with that noun; no matter how ardently you describe its irrelevance to the game. A dev diary entry where I submit to the mores of parser interactive fiction players.

Pinball is new again (to me)

Posted on October 11, 2019March 25, 2020 by PatientRock

There’s nothing I love more than gaming, maps, and lists I can check off. The new age of pinball has embraced those things and I’ve joined the hunt.

Visiting the VoxPopcast!

Posted on July 8, 2019November 16, 2022 by PatientRock

I joined the lovely folks over at The VoxPopcast to talk about augmented reality and location-based gaming.

Wolverine: The Long Night

Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 by PatientRock

A long drive for work today meant I could finally listen to the Wolverine: The Long Night podcast produced by Marvel and Stitcher. It’s really, really good.

Fingertips

Posted on January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 by PatientRock

A weird day ending with the striking performance piece, As Far As My Fingertips Take Me.

Keeping busy through Big Changes

Posted on March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 by PatientRock

Oh my. It has been a while since I’ve posted anything here (the refrain of anyone who maintains a blog). I’ve had some big changes in my life since last we spoke.

Playing From Another Room

Posted on May 16, 2017 by PatientRock

I’ve been obsessed with TRNTBL, a clever website that streams music modified to sound like it’s playing from another room. There’s something voyeuristic about it. It’s annoying even, as you may love a song but when someone else is playing it from afar, like some idiot neighbor, it forms some

Now on Facebook

Posted on October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 by PatientRock

I’ve created a Facebook page for this site. I hope you’ll follow me there if Twitter isn’t your thing.

The Blog Apocalypse.

Posted on July 9, 2014November 21, 2014 by PatientRock

If you’ve arrived here via a ZombieApocalypseToday.com link, please use the search function (magnifying glass) at the top right of this site to find the article. Ugh. Years ago when I was first thinking of starting a blog I stupidly signed up to have my domains hosted by GoDaddy