Author Archives: Tim
I’ve been on a bit of a Kickstarter spree recently, largely due to getting my tax return this month. And since most of these get better the more people donate to them, I want to take a minute to point out each of them and talk about why they’re exciting to me. Enemy [...]
This is a short research article I wrote for an eBook one of my courses is publishing. It’s basically me on a soapbox for a couple of pages arguing that video games can be used to tell good stories, which is something I happen to believe fairly strongly in, being both a writer and a [...]
I’ve been a good little consumer this month. Got my Starbucks gold card, got my Best Buy silver premier membership, opened a Newegg Preferred account. I haven’t gone credit crazy; I’m actually in considerably less debt than I was this time last year. But I was in a position this month to take care of [...]
November
By Tim | November 8, 2012
I’m eight days in, and already it’s a choppy month. I’ve cut myself off from social media for the duration, which means no Twitter and no Facebook. So far this has had a positive effect on my free time and my work, although I haven’t gotten to where I’m consistently writing, studying or cleaning as [...]
It’s been over a week now, so this may not qualify as the timliest of blog posts. But I did attend PAX Prime again this summer, my sixth outing to that show since it started in 2004. It’s changed a lot in the past eight years, becoming both much larger and more organized. Being a [...]
Just a quick post today to share some interesting films I’ve seen lately that might not be on your radar. And wouldn’t you know it, they’re all available for streaming on Netflix. Lo This film is weird and dark and weird and experimental and weird, but the experiment works. It accomplishes some very [...]
Today we’re going to talk about asynchronous games, and why you should be playing one. With me. I keep busy these days. I have a blog, a fantasy novel in progress, a full schedule of classes, a part-time job, a cat, an apartment, a social life, shows to watch, books to read, and a scattering [...]
Was having a discussion with friends recently about who hadn’t seen what movies. The truth is that recommending movies to people is one of my few true joys in life. And while it’s much easier once I know someone, I can try here to throw out a few broad suggestions for you, the anonymous internet [...]
Summertime
By Tim | May 13, 2012
So this is where I am. I’m wearing a shirt with a big hole chewed into the side of it by my cat that I keep because I love this shirt. I’m in my living room watching the first season finale of Veronica Mars and sorting through the basket that I pile things in when [...]
I’m finding that people are increasingly important in my life. I didn’t have much in the way of close relationships in my younger years, and I feel like that’s something I’m still trying to catch up on. A friend of mine recently described the difference between introverts and extroverts as this: introverts have to expend [...]
