Project Type: Articles and Reviews

I’ve been maintaining a separate book review blog at fullofwords.com for a few years now. I’ve included a selection of my posts below.

• 10 PRINT “Heart of Code: The Impossible Fortress” – The Impossible Fortress hits the exact right notes of eighties nostalgia without turning into a catalog of bygone pop culture.
• The Perfect Do-Over: Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore – Reincarnation Blues is hilarious, moving, shocking and occasionally disturbing. The result is a wonderful coming-of-age story if those can happen to someone after they’ve lived close to ten thousand lives.
• The Postmortal by Drew Magary – If you happen to smile while reading The Postmortal, I imagine it will be a mirthless rictus intermingled with horror rather than anything signifying amusement.
• Wild Thing by Josh Bazell – Everything I liked about Wild Thing tells me that Bazell is a great author to watch. The problems I had may just be the symptoms of the dreaded sophomore slump that seems to affect so many great artists.
• Mind MGMT, Volume 1: The Manager by Matt Kindt – I like that Kindt did something original with his style, but I had a hard time accepting the art as a stylistic choice instead of something that just felt a bit amateurish.
• An Epic of Love, String Theory and Donuts: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray – All of these characters and more interact in scenes that are hilarious, touching and occasionally even disturbing.
• The Many-Headed Hydra: John Scalzi’s The Human Division – The Human Division is many things at once; it is, of course, a new story in the Old Man’s War universe, but it’s also an experiment in digital distribution.

GamerSushi provided gaming news and reviews from a thoughtful perspective without resorting to hype or click-bait. Fostering intelligent discussions and a respectful community atmosphere was also one of our primary goals for the site.

I was webmaster and a contributing columnist for GamerSushi. The site launched in 2009 and then went on hiatus in 2014. We re-launched it with a new design and new content in 2016. We also recorded almost 100 episodes of our podcast during the site’s first incarnation.

I’ve included links to selected posts below; for a full list of my posts, visit my author page.

• Review: Tomb Raider – Gritty reboots are fashionable these days, but does that mean you should give Tomb Raider the time of day?
• Review: Hotline Miami – It’s 1989 in Miami and you are a mask-wearing hired killer in this trippy, addictive game.
• Unexpected Pleasures in Saint’s Row 3 – Who knew vehicular mayhem could still be so much fun?
• Borderlands 2: A Tiny Bit Racist? – Tiny Tina: wacky character, or problematic stereotype?
• Achievements: Unlocking Negative Gameplay? – Does the never-ending quest for achievements drag down the gaming experience?