What do you write first, the words or the music?  A composer and game designer suggests that this question has lessons for game design as well.

The identity of my host is surprising, and explains a lot.

The one hundred thirtieth article in the series gives thought to why we want to remember what has gone before while taking a free look back at those entries which have made up the tenth quarter.

The opposition to tyranny doesn’t earn much of my confidence.

Sometimes the most powerful characters are the more interesting for their hidden weakness.

A very different America greets me.

The promised foray into questions of alignment tackles what it means to be good, finding confusion in two uses of the word and clarifying it in a way that offers better heroes and better villains.