Like many children of the ’90s, I have fond memories of discovering the Pokémon game […]
Category: Culture
I find that my enjoyment of things is deeper when I can write about them. So here are most of the things I enjoy.
Second. Annual. Poley. Awards. (2020)
Another year passed, this one in a haze of COVID-19 and in a fog of […]
Tact Into a Corner: Luck vs Skill
The game-theory concept of luck is famously elusive. Luck sometimes operates like an “invisible hand”, […]
Tact Into A Corner: A Primer on Tactical Heuristics
The year is 2035. Aliens have invaded Earth and subjugated its population. You are awakened […]
Snowpiercer: Allegory & Opiate
A great train speeds through icy wastes, ferrying the last remnants of humanity through an […]
Exodus
Anxious work we to forstall The plague that has made slaves of all, Heedless of […]
Orders of Magnitude
March 21, 2020 Scientists say that COVID-19 may kill 5% of Earth’s population if it […]
arcana ad mortem 3: The Physics of Star Wars
In science fiction, more than any other genre, the role of Science is to make […]
The Psychology of Magic (the Gathering)
My best-kept secret is that I have avidly played the trading card game Magic: the […]
