// journal
notes from the workshop
stories from the work · thoughts in progress
- musicopethessay
The Long Way Round: From Orchid to Testament — Thirty Years of Opeth
How a Swedish death metal band became the most quietly ambitious group in heavy music — and why I've followed every turn since I was fourteen.
- gamesnextjsprocess
Eight games, no engine
I added a playable arcade to my portfolio — eight classic games, each with its own chiptune soundtrack, all built from scratch in the browser.
- gameshorroressay
Three thousand hours in the dark: a Diablo confession
I've played Diablo since 1997 — close to three thousand hours across the series. This is about why I keep going back down into the dark, the mythology that holds it together, and the night a butcher scared a ten-year-old half to death.
- gameshorroressay
The Cost of Knowing: Lovecraft and the Games of Cosmic Horror
Why cosmic horror works where zombies don't — and the detective game I'd make from it.
- metanextjsprocess
Building This Site
You're reading this on the thing it's about — the stack, the design, and what I learned making it.