Here are some non-fiction articles, blog posts, and random musings I’ve written

I write about anything and everything in my blog. This page contains a selection of the more insightful/less personal posts, all my reviews of games/books, and any other notable writings I’ve published on the web.

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Essays etc

There’s a Way to make Fleets Work and I Hope Twitter Cares Enough To Make it So

The Fleet feature on Twitter was universally panned for all the right reasons, but I imagined there’s a way where it can work.

What Games Get Right About Getting Egypt Wrong

A response to an article on Waypoint, concerning cultural representation in games.

Life Made Out of Ashes

A musing on the aesthetic of NieR: Automata, a game by Square Enix.

On Morbidity and Madness

Mad ramblings on Doki Doki Literature Club, a game by Team Salvato.

Memasuki Dunia Interactive Fiction

An introduction to Interactive Fiction, written in Indonesian

What You Find Between the Pages

(Ramblings thought on) Fahrenheit 451, a novel by Ray Bradbury

Reviews of games

I’ll Need More Spice in That Cup

Review of Coffee Talk, a game by Toge Productions

A Lovely Stranger You Meet in the Train on Your Way Home

Review of Tangle Tower, a game by SFB Games

A Slick, Premium, Rhythm Game

Review of Arcaea, a mobile game by lowiro

Dari Matahari Terbit sampai Terbenam

Review Civilization VI karya 2K Games dan Firaxis, dalam Bahasa Indonesia.

Bukan Sekadar Zombi di Kereta

Review The Final Station, game karya Do My Best, dalam Bahasa Indonesia.

Kehidupan Distopia dalam Segelas Alkohol

Review VA-11 Hall-A, game karya Sukeban Games, dalam Bahasa Indonesia.

Kehancuran Sunyi

Review Hyper Light Drifter karya Heart Machine, dalam Bahasa Indonesia

Bahaya di Balik Dunia yang Indah

Review Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, game karya Bombservice, dalam Bahasa Indonesia

When Adrenaline is Relaxation

Thoughts on Hyper Light Drifter, a game by Heart Machine.

Explore, Take Chances, Lose your Mind

Review of Sunless Sea by Failbetter Games.

Discovering and Transistor

Review of Transistor, a game by Supergiant Games.

Reviews of books

A Grand Design of Building Anticipation

Review of The Way of Kings, a novel by Brandon Sanderson

Lightning, Bottled

Review of The Quantum Thief, a novel by Hannu Rajaniemi

An Epic That’s More on Life, Less on Heroics

Review of The Name of the Wind, a novel by Patrick Rothfuss

Every Man’s Watchman

Review of Go Set a Watchman, a novel by Harper Lee

Screw the Rules, for We are Pirates

Review of We Are Pirates, a novel by Daniel Handler

Dark as Night, Sweet as Sin

Review of American Gods, a novel by Neil Gaiman