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Your boy’s TOP 5 VIDEO GAMES of ALL TIME
Video games. What a monumental waste of time, right? Well, I have my reservations about that. From a storytelling standpoint, your boy A-A-Ron has actually been heavily influenced by video games. When I was first discovering my love of writing at a young age, the video games I played served as a catalyst for my…
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Writer’s Log #9 – Stories that make us uncomfortable
Everyone loves a happy story, right? Sure, but that’s not always what’s necessary. I didn’t work much at all on Foreordained this week. I know. I slacked again. This has been my first week at my new job, so there’s been some adjusting going on. I made it a goal to wake up early so…
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Skyrim: The Feminist-Friendly RPG
For me, “feminism” was kind of a bad word for a while. Most of the feminists I knew were angry, lonely women ranting on Twitter about how men are trash and that we should overthrow the patriarchy. They made me feel as though I had no intrinsic value just because I’m a man. It kind…
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Tom Nook, the lonely, misguided businessman
Have you ever heard the song Sixteen Tons? It’s a classic. It was written way back in 1946, but it didn’t become a hit until it was recorded nine years later by Tennessee Ernie Ford. As soon as he gave it an attitude with his smooth bassy voice… bam. Chart-topper. The chorus goes a little…