Sophistry

I recently got a new phone.

The most widely read political theorists of history have arrived at the conclusion that control of natural resources is the greatest asset a budding state can have.

I've been looking for a portable Walkman cassette player on and off for the last few years, whenever I'm reminded that the evils of wage labor have rewarded me with the joy of eating delivery pizzas without needing to skip meals.

Back in my brighter and chipperer student days, I became mildly obsessed with stories of Benjamin Lay.

This go around I went for quality over quantity with demos and played only a few.

Pokémon is something of an autonomous force these days.

The following is a talk I gave in the spring of 2021, during COVID and when I was a (miserable) grad student working on a PhD in history.

On the off chance you’re unaware, June is the month where video game fans all over the world come together to embrace long winded reels of trailers once united under the banner of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, aka E3.

When I first picked up Guilty Gear Strive over COVID, it was with a resolve to learn that had been absent my previous forays into the genre.

Last year, a few friends and I played through Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate front to back.