Part One: What is interactivity, actually? — I don’t know about you, but I keep the “played time” stats on my Steam profile hidden. A lot of the self-identified gamers I know — like how there are folks who read and then there are ‘readers’ — get a little shy and awkward when you ask them…

You’ve never even seen the real world — Well, I suppose this is a developmental milestone we all hit eventually — the “handwringing over media like it’s a shortcut to societal improvement” stage. These days, the only activism most of us can routinely manage is fighting about kids’ movies with bigots on Twitter, so it behooves us…

Specifically a Madagascar hissing cockroach, the most adorable of cockroaches — ‘Lo child, Hey, how’s your hellscape? I’m feeling more and more connected to the world around me lately, which is just as good for your mental health as everyone tells you. And that doesn’t mean I’ve got a lot of people blowing up my phone — I’m quite bad…

Dem supply chain logistics tho — ‘Lo childs, As predicted, it’s been what I believe scientists call “a motherfucker of a week.” Training for new job is rough but exciting, and I am daily witness to all kinds of human behavior that I have no doubt will be very artistically productive. That’s how I reassure…

For bonus points, Rictus was a character in this Clive Barker kids’ book… — ‘Lo child, The reason your newsletter — my newsletter? — OUR newsletter has been all philosophizing and no fun lately is because of aforementioned Life Stuff, most prominent of which is a new job. As you’ll be aware from your own interactions with capitalism, it’s going to be a couple…

Meditations on a West African reading of Hamlet — When I’m pontificating — I need one of those “ON AIR” signs they have for radio stations, a huge flashy red one that says “PONTIFICATING” — I often make very broad statements about human behavior and motivations. I often say “we” as if I’m speaking for you and me. I…

For ‘Kyle’ please read ‘Bill O’Reilly’ — ‘Lo child, I assume you’ve noticed, during your ongoing efforts to keep your spam filter from eating this newsletter due to my satirical subject lines — which I truly appreciate — that I’m the kind of person who tends to say stuff people don’t like to hear. There are a…

Could nips protect us from Nazis? & other vital philosophical questions for our time — ‘Lo child, I’ve always had some… strange thoughts kicking around in here about how we visualize love, and how we write history. Pop culture and stories give us this model of both love and historical truth that looks transcendent, everlasting… but what makes the people we love most precious…

How we dehumanize people who challenge our worldview — So I was dissociating the other day as ya do, and it occurred to me that I haven’t been as lonely in my unreal fog of late. More people talking about dissociating these days, especially in my peer group. Then it occurred to me that my peer group is, well…