Cults, Books, and the Appeal of Secret Knowledge
January 22, 2026
We really like thinking we’re the smartest person in the room. [8 min] … More Cults, Books, and the Appeal of Secret Knowledge
Category: Book Reviews
Best of 2025
January 10, 2026
Best games, movies, shows, and books I found in 2025 [13 Minutes] … More Best of 2025
My totally not-at-all-presumptive theory about the difference between male and female murder writers. (Also, free book!)
June 5, 2025
I certainly can’t claim to have all “female writers” figured out. But I do think there was an insight in Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation that has really helped me pinpoint a critical distinction between how male and female writers approach detective fiction. … More My totally not-at-all-presumptive theory about the difference between male and female murder writers. (Also, free book!)
The Best of 2024
January 2, 2025
The best books, movies and games (that I personally discovered in the course of) 2024 … More The Best of 2024
My 2024 Summer Reading
August 29, 2024
Allow me to brag on myself a little. (Okay, at length. This is a long one, like 15 minutes.) … More My 2024 Summer Reading
On the Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant
July 20, 2024
I don’t normally read Memoirs, but this was fun. … More On the Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant
Bi-Weekly Update: Porco Rosso, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, The Juggler’s Tale, The Shack
June 11, 2022
Okay, let me explain. … More Bi-Weekly Update: Porco Rosso, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, The Juggler’s Tale, The Shack
Bi-Weekly Update: Schindler’s List, Toem, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
May 15, 2022
A book I haven’t seen the movie of, and a movie I can’t read the book of.
Also Instagram: The Game … More Bi-Weekly Update: Schindler’s List, Toem, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Weekly Update: Into the Breach, Sayonara Hearts, Rise of the Sons
December 12, 2021
An awesome strategy game, a flashy racing game, and an enjoyable if generic YA Urban Fantasy. … More Weekly Update: Into the Breach, Sayonara Hearts, Rise of the Sons
Weekly Update: VR Multiplayers, Persepolis Rising
November 7, 2021
What I’m Playing: VR Multiplayers I talked last week about Run of Mydan, the pretty VR game that never had a chance to bloom. I played that game as part of my “Multiplayer Montage” I was running in the hopes of breathing life, at least for a day, into some of the older multiplayers that … More Weekly Update: VR Multiplayers, Persepolis Rising
The Solomon Code 