I Almost Died, Because I Wanted To
The morning of March 29th, 2021, was unlike all others. Rather than waking with the intention to live my life, I planned to end it. I...
// Navigating Life in a Post-Digital World
One Year in Quarantine
Do you remember we were standing here a year ago? Our minds were racing and time went slow If there was trouble in the world we...
Caved and Bought World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Above: Heavenly-forged Kyrian armour probably weighs thousands of pounds, so this out-of-place hyena mount ain’t having it. Roughly five months ago, Blizzard delayed the latest World...
Cinema Quickie: Happy Happy Joy Joy (2020)
Every so often, a work of art comes along that shatters preconceptions, shifts the realm of possibility, and reinvigorates its medium. And every so often, that...
Where Have All the Good MMORPGs Gone?
Thanks to COVID, I’ve been living a very stripped-down, monotonous life for nearly a year now. I rarely leave the house for non-essential excursions, day-to-day novelty...
Finding Time for Personal Projects
People with full-time jobs are often compelled to work on side projects outside of their regular work schedules. These side projects might be “side hustles,” pivots...
Car Detailing is Therapeutic
It’s been nearly a year since COVID-19 hitched a ride on humanity’s air travel infrastructure and blew its viral load across the globe. And I’ll admit:...
Cyberpunk 2077’s Open World Filler Problem
Now that I’ve finished most of Cyberpunk 2077’s main story content, I’ve been spending my time in Night City a little differently: namely, by roaming its...
Canadian Housing Costs Don’t Add Up
The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — and its surrounding area — has one of the most horrifically, criminally inflated housing markets I’ve ever seen....
What Cyberpunk 2077 Does Well
At first, I found Cyberpunk 2077 massively disappointing. It emphasizes player choice but offers little. Its open-world is pretty but mostly populated with filler content. And...
