April 18, 2026

I still work at Figma at my day job, though I am starting to be fatigued by the tech industry’s obsession with AI. I continue to make games in my spare time, working on projects that I’m not quite ready to share just yet.

It occurred to me that I’d lost the habit of writing down notes about the things I make sometime in the last year, which I’m trying to now restore. I also am trying to store and share more the things I read / play. I spent most of my life hesitant to give recommendations, because I’m weird and like weird things, but there are things that I wholeheartedly want to share. So…I’ll probably add them here, and my thoughts, if I can keep it up.

Upcoming Events

  • I will be visiting Tokyo in May to watch a stage play.
  • I’ll be in NYC from May 17th to the 28th.
  • I’m planning on attending PIGCon at the end of May.

Currently Making…

Games. Slowly. Sorry, not much to show here…

I started a D&D campaign of Curse of Strahd with some friends. It’s been going well, I think.

Currently Playing…

…or reading, or watching:

  • Gnosia, a single-player time loop werewolf VN that I’ve been obsessed with for a few months (since. like January?). It has an anime and a stage play adaption in September which I’m plotting to see.
  • Slay the Spire 2 - my friends wore me down with the promise of multiplayer, and I have indeed played a lot of multiplayer.
  • Fire Emblem Proto Rogue - I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I really like roguelike modes in turn-based battle systems.
  • MARRIAGETOXIN, a battle-action / comedy / romance shonen that I think straddles the line between very interesting and very stupid

On AI

I’m sick of it and I hate it and I don’t want to use it. However, I work in tech, and I want to make sure I know what it’s about. My perspective is biased, but some readings that I thought were interesting:

  • Child’s Play by Sam Kriss - fantastic prose, and a critical look at the future. I think about this line a lot:

Everything was a means to an end, a way of fortifying his ability to do whatever he wanted in the world. But there was a great sucking void where the end ought to be.