my best work:
va-11 hall-a: design works, lost in cult - they let me write a book!!!
no good options, stop caring - a deeply personal personal essay on depression [quest], hanif abdurraqib's on seatbelts and sunsets, and choosing to live
i don't want to be this kind of animal anymore, unwinnable - revachol, remembrance and transgender realisations
'any objections, lady?': on linearity, subservience and feminine agency in metroid fusion and metroid: other m, mothership - on samus aran's freedom to make her own choices in the shadow of male authority figures, and how the non-linear metroidvania structure, or lack of, affects it
“Disobedience will not be tolerated”: on linearity, subservience and feminine agency in metroid dread, mothership - the thrilling sequel to the previous essay, looking into the invisible hand linearly guiding samus around ZDR in dread, and how it ties into her agency and her (several!) paternal relationships
sitting down with sam eng, unwinnable - an interview with skate story developer sam eng on the game's development, learning to skate and develop games, culture, new york and coffee shops
please, let the dragon die, deleted saves - reflections on ryu ga gotoku studio's refusal to let kazuma kiryu pass peacefully and this choice's effects on their storytelling and protagonists going forward. kill your darlings!
what does like a dragon: yakuza lose when you take out the games’ surreal humour?, polygon - adaptive tone in kamurocho on the silver screen
hamazaki has to goh – where does ryu ga gotoku studio draw the line on casting, and why is it not at sexual assault?, skybox - disgusting hypocrisy in rgg's casting, or: how i learned to stop caring and hate teruyuki kagawa
yakuza kiwami 3 & dark ties review, video games chronicle - criticising a game that insults the game it purports to remake, its players, the studio's previous output, and bewilderingly, women
hollow knight: silksong review, video games chronicle - that one discourse-igniting 3/5 on silksong
the worth of a ¥400 gyudon, into the spine - the working class heart of like a dragon, held within a beef bowl
demonschool review, rock paper shotgun - terrific tactics rpg with pretty lesbians. are you not sold
metroid prime has been making gamers love reading since 2002, gamesradar+ - storytelling simplicity in scanning and, god forbid, reading
street art, strength and selling out: how street fighter 6 sacrificed its identity to chase brand synergy, skybox - corporate corruption versus class-based calligraphy. in street fighter. stay with me
like a dragon: infinite wealth review, pcgamesn - two dragons, two halves of a game making more than the sum of its (massive) parts
looking up from rock bottom, startmenu - hopelessness when ichiban kasuga and his indomitable human spirit walks in