The United States of Utopia: America’s Spectre

Set within an alternate version of the Bioshock universe, this fictional thesis charts America’s tumultuous history with the concept of utopia. Part Three.

The United States of Utopia: The Founding Father

Set within an alternate version of the Bioshock universe, this fictional thesis charts America’s tumultuous history with the concept of utopia. Part Two.

The United States of Utopia: Introduction

Set within an alternate version of the Bioshock universe, this fictional thesis charts America’s tumultuous history with the concept of utopia. Part One.

Worlds Within Circles: The Concentric Method of Worldbuilding

Taking a methodical approach to the practice of worldbuilding, I bring you a fourfold philosophy for imagining the fantastical.

Worlds Beyond Spaces: The Communalist Model of Game Design

The Open World video game has not lived up to its potential. To remedy this, I try to establish a new design philosophy founded in radical social theory.

Resistance Fantasies and Where to find Them: A Genre’s Past, Present, and Future

A discursive journey through the history of a genre, in the hopes of exciting its future creation.

Safeguarding the Female: A Personal Story of Gender and Daoism

An intimate essay on my gender experience, as inspired by the philosophy of the Daodejing.

Tell, Don’t Game: A Medium Manifesto

A short essay about video tales, a fascinating (if yet ephemeral) undercurrent in the broad stream of gaming.

Borrowed Thoughts: Anarchy as Natural Order

A short philosophical essay on Anarchy, Order, and Faith.

The Palpatine Problem

A plot-functional essay about unchallenged characters and corrupted narratives.