Last year I wrote an experimental short story that I was considering submitting to a weird fiction collection for relatively unknown writers. But, as things so often do, time passed me by and I never got the story fully finished. I haven't been able to bring myself to polish it up, but I put enough effort … Continue reading The Cauldron
Month: October 2015
A Note on Adaptation
Adaptation. The process of change, of being rewritten and reformed. It seems like people are often wary of change, especially change in something that they already enjoy: people, books, houses, all sorts of things. This is especially clear in adaptations of media where a story is reworked from one medium to another. This can partially … Continue reading A Note on Adaptation
Thoughts on Hypertext
(a book wheel, from Agostina Ramelli's Le Diverse et Artificiose Machine, 1588) Hypertext is strange, when you think about it. Throughout most of human history our writing has been self-contained within books, tablets, or structures (in the case of hieroglyphs). Early hyper textual precursors such as some of the more complex reference systems, Wilkins' philosophical language, book … Continue reading Thoughts on Hypertext
Save Yourself: Undertale, the Save Mechanic, and Choice
[If you haven't played Undertale yet - which you should - then I highly suggest you ignore this post until you have. It is a game to be experienced for yourself. Don't watch a letsplay, don't read the wiki, just play the game] I just beat my first play through of Undertale yesterday (technically this morning, but who … Continue reading Save Yourself: Undertale, the Save Mechanic, and Choice
The Weird Weird World of Weird Weird Fiction
I like weird fiction. I like Dagon, and Cthulhu, and The King in Yellow, and Hastur. I regularly take trips to Carcosa, Pagana, and the Dreamlands. I've tried writing a short story or two myself, though I'll admit they weren't particularly good. But I'm far from the only person that likes weird fiction, all one has to … Continue reading The Weird Weird World of Weird Weird Fiction
The Case for Cases
Walking through a record store is always a pleasant experience for me. I'm not an analog fanboy, or a vinyl collector, but I enjoy having the opportunity to hold an album in my hand, to see the cover art firsthand, flip through the liner notes, touch the disk. It seems to me that the recent … Continue reading The Case for Cases
The Cinema of Dreams
In my World Cinema class we've been studying Russian film from the 1920s, specifically Russian montage. Reading the essays of Eisenstein and Vertov started me thinking (as I am apt to do) and I began to wonder about my own theory of film. Obviously I'm not a very experienced filmmaker, but I dabble, and any … Continue reading The Cinema of Dreams
Making the Tough Decisions – Choice and Storytelling
In the last couple weeks I have found myself swimming amidst a sea of churning debate regarding the nature of interactive storytelling. Interactive storytelling has interested me for a long time. From the early educational video games of my childhood I took my first baby-steps into the world of RPGs through Bioware's Knights of the Old … Continue reading Making the Tough Decisions – Choice and Storytelling
Welcome!
As this is my first post, and therefore the first (and only chance) I have to introduce myself and this page, I feel compelled to welcome both myself and those of you who take some time to read what I have written here. Within the last year I have taken it upon myself to slowly … Continue reading Welcome!
Pen and Screen 