Things always seem to come in ever increasing waves of crystallization – it seems like brains collect ideas, group random data, and link those pieces together. But there’s always some extra piece, like an encryption key or something like that, that prevents the whole idea structure from becoming a cohesive whole.
But then, BAM! The last piece is added, and there it is, a whole body of thought seems to spring from nowhere, like Proust’s madeleine or that philosopher who had a sudden realization when stepping on a bus. In …

FPS (First Person Shooter) games are getting tired. The entire genre is tired, even the more innovative games. The formula has remained mostly unchanged for years, and although they are still fun, it’s time get some real innovation going. Sure, we’ve had a little innovation in the category: Left 4 Dead, Battlefield 1942, Team Fortress, and some others. I don’t want to get too caught up with talking about old games, or even justifying why I think the FPS genre is tired. There are just so many games in the …

I’ve made a few small changes to the site that I think are worth pointing out:
Buttons linking to my work on Scribd and Feedbooks are now over on the right, under the rss, email, and twitter buttons.
In interests of getting more of my work out there in multiple channels, I’m in the process of putting some of my writing up on Feedbooks. Currently only Waiting, Time to Get Up, and The Canoe are up there, but Neither a Borrower and another upcoming project will be there eventually.
My tech poetry …