• The Wheat of Human Connection

    Sorting the wheat of decent, meaningful connections from the chaff of low-effort, low-meaning connections

  • A memory of doors

    Everything changes except the position of doors. Wandering down the road to the cafe, I try to remember which shopfront was which business a quarter of a decade ago. It all looks different now; palimpsests of signage peer down, but despite their gaudiness they cannot hide their spatial permanence.

  • February 2025 notes

    February 2025 notes

    Not finding much time to blog lately, or not happy the energy to write properly. But that makes me feel bad – the longer I go without posting, the harder it feels to come up with something. Maybe I’ll get back to more “casual” blogging, thought-of-the-day style, tiny updates, marking the passage of time with…

  • Year of the Backlog: A Review / Take 2

    Year of the Backlog: A Review / Take 2

    Looking back over my list of games played, 2024 has actually been a great year for games. I’ve managed to get a good cross-section of big and small games, new and old, mainstream and indie, and across 3 or 4 different platforms.

  • October / November Round-up

    October / November Round-up

    A brief catch-up. Lots more happened but I’ve forgotten it all already, and so should you.

  • Playdate Review: Daedalus Versus Minotaur

    Playdate Review: Daedalus Versus Minotaur

    It turns out labyrinths can also be a fun favourite for all the family!