So, Babyface is a thing I made. It's a creepypasta-style Southern Gothic horror story. I've entered the game into the 26th annual Interactive Fiction Competition (IFComp for short). You can play Babyface right now! I've followed IFComp for years—since at least 2007—but this is the first time I've made anything for the competition. Not that I… Continue reading Babyface Dev Diary – Origins
Tag: horror
Kunzru’s Transmission and Gaiman’s Coraline
I'm not sure why I started reading for pleasure two separate novels on the eve of the new semester, but I did. Maybe I'm trying to squeeze a few more drops of summer out of the first week of classes, before my reading for work grows too heavy. First up is Hari Kunzru's Transmission. The… Continue reading Kunzru’s Transmission and Gaiman’s Coraline
Review of Shyamalan’s “The Happening”
The Happening is possibly the worst movie I've seen in years, and I'm just desperate to find some inkling of redeeming value in Shyamalan's mess. But I can't. Just a collection of loose thoughts that may help somebody else also trying to justify to themselves their rationale for sitting through this movie: There is the… Continue reading Review of Shyamalan’s “The Happening”