Where lies the border between a trope and derivative imitation? A trope is, I’m supposing, derivative imitation that was imitated until it became an abstract imitation of itself—a useful concept with form,…
Justin’s Journal
AI is going to wake up and kill us all in six months!!!!
I have a fairly harsh and negative opinion of generative AI and how it is affecting society. I’m also smart enough to know that when capitalists suddenly create panic to pump the…
Flashback: Memories Unlocked
Well, that was a wild experience… My absolute oldest memory is from when I was barely two years old. It’s been the only memory from being that young that I’ve been able…
Building A Custom Soundboard (Brainstorming)
So, one of the ideas I’ve been mulling around has been creating a custom sound board. This means creating a lot of sound effects from scratch and building a library that can…
Gaming Memory—The Hobby Shop
Sweltering summer radiated from the sun overhead. There was not a cloud in sight and the heat wavered and undulated against spongy asphalt through the obscenest humidity. It was high noon during…
Gaming Memory—A New Kind of Adventure
My Introduction to Tabletop RPG Gaming & My First Player Characters It was the frigid winter of 1991. I was eleven years old and attending Christian County Middle School in Hopkinsville, Kentucky….