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