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Mar 26, 2021

Actually Solving “Reader-Solvable” Mysteries

Is the term “reader-solvable” just marketing? The label makes it sound like a story is giving us the chance to be clever detectives, but it always feels like deducing the culprit is impossible. …

Writing

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Actually Solving “Reader-Solvable” Mystery Stories
Actually Solving “Reader-Solvable” Mystery Stories
Writing

5 min read


Mar 13, 2021

Appraising Your Pokemon Cards for 90s Kids

The capital’s been stormed, the virus rages a second year, and Pokemon cards are selling at record prices. This article is about that last piece of news, so dig out your old collection for the most profitable nostalgia trip of your life. The Basics The lower corner of each card has a…

Pokemon Cards

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Appraising Your Pokemon Card Collection for 90s Kids
Appraising Your Pokemon Card Collection for 90s Kids
Pokemon Cards

6 min read


Oct 31, 2020

Save Your Villain with a Single Line

FF7 Remake follows the principle “don’t have a one-dimensional villain” in a way you don’t expect. …

Final Fantasy

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Save Your Villain with a Single Line
Save Your Villain with a Single Line
Final Fantasy

4 min read


Oct 11, 2020

Let’s Fix FF7 Remake’s Foreshadowing

In Final Fantasy VII Remake’s first chapter, a black feather drifts through the air and lands on the floor. This is a beautiful way to foreshadow the appearance of the final boss: Sephiroth, a war hero with a single black wing. …

Final Fantasy

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Let’s Fix FF7 Remake’s Foreshadowing
Let’s Fix FF7 Remake’s Foreshadowing
Final Fantasy

7 min read


Sep 6, 2020

Writing Environments: The Three Towns of FF7 Remake

How do video games keep their towns from getting repetitive? The same formula always plays out: arrive, side quests, boss battle, leave. To keep things from getting boring, some make dramatic location changes. For example, a switch from a sandy sea side to a green valley. …

Rpg

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Writing Environments: The Three Towns of FF7 Remake
Writing Environments: The Three Towns of FF7 Remake
Rpg

6 min read


Jun 21, 2020

Does Fable Have Too Much Treasure?

I recall one particular scene in Fable II: A woman’s child is taken by Balverines, and the hero chases after them. The atmosphere is perfect: dark woods, tense music, wolf monsters lying in ambush. And then you hear a high-pitched Scottish accent: “Hey! You’re that mighty adventurer, aren’t you? Well…

Video Games Industry

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Does Fable Have Too Much Treasure?
Does Fable Have Too Much Treasure?
Video Games Industry

5 min read


May 13, 2020

Writing Fiction: Are specific descriptions better?

Not long ago, I was critiquing a short story and came across a passage like this: The gravel parking lot had six spaces. Two were filled by Ford F-150 pickup trucks, and the rest were empty. There was a convenience store on the west side of the lot with printer-paper…

Writing

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Writing Fiction: Are specific descriptions better?
Writing Fiction: Are specific descriptions better?
Writing

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Jan 17, 2020

Networking in Life & Model UN

The lessons here are generalized from an eight year career in competitive Model UN. You won’t have to know anything about MUN beyond the fact that it involves making friends as fast as humanly possible in a room of one hundred strangers. Let’s define networking as “making meaningful connections with…

Networking

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Networking in Life & Model UN
Networking in Life & Model UN
Networking

5 min read


Jan 15, 2020

Humor Analysis of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

I hesitate to write this. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the funniest book I’ve ever read. I remember my classmates glaring as I laughed aloud during silent reading period in middle school. My concern is that reverse engineering Adams’s humor will ruin it. As explained by E. B…

Science Fiction

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Humor Analysis of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Humor Analysis of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Science Fiction

8 min read


Jan 11, 2020

A Guide to Representing North Korea in Model UN

I have twice represented the DPRK at Model UN conferences. I don’t know how this reflects on my personality, but I won awards both times. Having graduated the circuit, I leave behind this guide for all who dare walk the path Kim Jong-un. Attacks Here are phrases for use on your…

North Korea

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A Guide to Representing North Korea in Model UN
A Guide to Representing North Korea in Model UN
North Korea

3 min read

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