Guides, Games and Tangents
Game design and colour, storytelling and interactive fiction, productivity tools, and why online shopping is the way it is.
The Narrator in Your Head: Why We Hear Stories Differently From How We Read Them
When you read fiction, your brain quietly fills in voices, faces, and rooms. That inner narrator is stranger and more powerful than you might think.
Colour Mixing Is One of Those Things You Think You Understand Until You Actually Try It
Most of us learned colour theory in primary school and assumed we got it. We didn't. Here's what actually happens when you mix paint.
Nobody Taught You Colour Theory, But You Already Know It
You've been making colour decisions your whole life. Turns out there's actual science behind why some of them feel right.
A Story That Ends Is Worth More Than One That Doesn't
Endless stories sound generous. In practice, they're exhausting. There's something to be said for a tale that actually knows when to stop.
Photography Feedback Used to Mean Waiting Three Weeks for Someone to Crush Your Soul
Getting useful critique on your photos used to involve a lot of patience, a thick skin, and knowing the right people. It's changed a bit.
Traps That Look Like Treasures: Why Deception Is the Most Underrated Game Design Tool
The best game moments aren't the ones where you win. They're the ones where you almost win, then realise you've been had.
What Happens When You Actually Slow Down in a Gallery
Most people spend less than 30 seconds in front of any given artwork. Here's what changes when you stop treating galleries like museums to survive.
Bots in Multiplayer Games Aren't Cheating - They're Essential
Everyone seems to hate bots in multiplayer games. I think that's completely wrong, and I'll tell you why.
Photographs Lie. That's What Makes Them Interesting.
Every photograph is a decision about what to leave out. Understanding that changes how you look at images completely.
Editing Your Own Photos Is Harder Than Editing Anyone Else's
Why photographers are often the worst judges of their own work - and what that blindspot actually costs you.