Imagination, Community, and Revolution
In this piece, I explain the history of Buddhist thought by placing it within the metaphor of an MMO video game. Educational hilarity ensues.
Read More Buddhism for Gamers: A Ridiculous Analogy in Seven StagesCivil war has broken out in the Republic, and it is going to take great sacrifice before galactic peace can be assured . Part 4 of 4.
Read More The Sidious Solution, Part Four: War and PeaceAs its political institutions go up in flames, a Republic devolves into a civil war. Yet as Padmé and Qui-Gon know, this breakdown also contains the possibility of galactic liberation. Part 3 of 4.
Read More The Sidious Solution, Part Three: Dissolution and ConventionA short essay about video tales, a fascinating (if yet ephemeral) undercurrent in the broad stream of gaming.
Read More Tell, Don’t Game: A Medium ManifestoAs Amidala rises, a galactic crisis deepens. Part 2 of 4.
Read More The Sidious Solution, Part Two: Royalty and RevolutionA short philosophical essay on Anarchy, Order, and Faith.
Read More Borrowed Thoughts: Anarchy as Natural OrderMotivated by the Palpatine Problem, I create an alternate history of the Star Wars prequels. Part 1 of 4.
Read More The Sidious Solution, Part One: Liberation and RevelationA plot-functional essay about unchallenged characters and corrupted narratives.
Read More The Palpatine ProblemAn essay about Resistance Fantasy, a genre that possesses Fantastical, Spiritual, and Radical-Political elements.
Read More Resistance Fantasy: Another Genre ManifestoA short history of the Purge, perpetrated between 2038 and 2068 by the New Founding Fathers of America.
Read More The Final Purge: a History of Freedom and Suffering