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Where Legends Gather

Works

Following are the pieces I have worked on and those I have started working on.
Last updated Monday March 28, 2016

Completed Works
Title Just a Byte
Type and Year
Critiques of Free Speech Debate at UoT [Insert intro here. I don't care. I always wrote the essay before the thesis, you know. I looked at the evidence first. :^)]
Essay
(2016)
Mistakes Were Made

Ongoing/
Current Focus
"Thousands Root for Favorite Failures at Packed Stadium
– October 1, 2016
     Yesterday, thousands upon thousands of eSports fanatics found themselves at the 2016 League of Legends World Championship at Cologne, Germany’s WASD Stadium. Fans cheered on as the best European team assisted Korea in winning yet another world championship..."
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"In Defense of Tracer's Posterior "In the Beta Feedback boards for Overwatch a user objected to one of Tracer's poses claiming that it reduced the character to a sex symbol. I disagree with the argument and take umbrage with the notion that Tracer must reflect the nature of her primary and notable characteristics at all times..."
Essay
(2016)
The Fountain is Poisoned and If I, Too, Were a Monster
The fountain is poisoned...
Poem
(2016)
Practice or Die
Sacrifice...
Poem
(2016)
From the Pale Blue Dot
Launch yourself into the world....
Poem
(2016)
Determination
A curious thing falls into the mountain...
Poem
(2016)
Kindergarten
Dew drops drip, seeping into the shelter...
Poem
(2016)
Eye Heals
I wonder how long I have to look the distance to make up for all the hours I've stared at my screens...
Poem
(2016)
Librarian
There is a library in the city...
Poem
(2016)
Writing practice 'Dead Dream Sacrilege' on 12.1.2015
Writing practice 'Inner Greatness' on 9.23.2015
Writing practice 'Powerless and Disconnected' on 9.20.2015
A Thing About Knights and Merchants "Knights and Merchants was the first RTS I ever played and I recently began playing it again since it was on Steam sale. Over the course of replaying it I’ve noticed a number of unique traits about this game that I never really thought of when I first played it all those years ago. In this analysis of Knights and Merchants I will look into the game’s mechanics, paying special attention to economy and military gameplay, to understand what the game—or the developer—may intentionally or unintentionally reflect about human culture..."
Interpretation
(2015)
Writing practice on 10.9.2014
Seoul of the World
"The Seoul of the world will watch.
The Seoul of the world will chant.
The Seoul of the world will cheer.
The Seoul of the world will wait.
The Seoul of the world will roar..."
Poem
(2014)
Of Red Noir and Potato Cavalry      From the start of this year’s Amnesia Fortnight, I knew I would never have enough votes to pick my favorite games since so many were interesting and unique. This is to be expected of Double Fine employees whose talent and creativity and passion is so readily evident from all the amazing game development documentaries produced by Two Player Productions...
Other
(2014)
Where Legends Gather 2014
The Eye of Twilight
Tongues
The Bestial Huntress
The Sad Mummy
The Harbinger of Doom
The Storm's Fury
Poems
(2014)
Where Legends Gather 2013
Maven of the Strings
The Chain Warden
The Radiant Dawn
Poems
(2013)
Poetry: What Good Is It?
Lightning
Nation, Spy, Assassin
Ain't No Scholar
Invisible Foe
Time and Space
Ode to George Carlin
Poems
(2013)
Redemption

Considering Rewriting
     "A thick fog draped the city. From the antennas of the highest skyscrapers to the cracks between stone and rubble hundreds of meters below, there was fog. Pockets of purple poison clung to the fog and saturated the air into a lavender town. Ghastly faces in the air evolved into haunting guises and formless doppelgangers existing only as silhouettes. These sylphs, always eager for a battle, were like unidentifiable ghosts that claimed this domain..."
Short Story
(2012)
Search and Destroy (Excerpt)      "The weapons cache was approximately one hundred metres northwest according to the GPS unit he was provided with. He knew that he had to destroy it regardless of his own fate. When he was briefed on this assignment, he did not believe the situation would turn out this way. If he made it out of this alive, perhaps he would reconsider the gravity of future assignments in memory of this one..."
Short Story
(2011)
The Compassionate American      "He peered through the big window onto the streets below. The dark blue shade of early morning melted away near street lights which shone like candles in the ocean. Few cars and people moved though the streets and sidewalks, appearing only as shadows in the darkness. The scent of sweet coffee slowly polluted the air and the first light of the morning spewed through the crevices of skyscrapers and churches and statues, creating shadows miles long..."
Short Story
(2009)
.Apocalypse Bringers.
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Poem
(2008)
Crude Rank      "'Yes, it’s been decided upon unanimously,' she said. Her look was dry, her eyes straight. She was not lying.
     'But, Lieutenant, I’m not sure if I can lead an army. Besides, I’m just a kid,' responded Wil.
     'Perhaps, but our captain was killed in action and we need a new leader,' replied Rebeka.
     'I fail to see how I would make a good leader; I’m an idiot,' said Wil...
Short Story
(2008)
Avarice of the Fool      "'What’s that like?' he asked.
     "'It is whatever you want it to be like,' responded the other, 'as long as it exists.' They continued to stare at the luminous stars of night. A breeze passed by and traveled through every crevice with a cool feel.
     'How long can it exist for?' he asked with a curious tone turning towards the other.
     'It is something that can last as short as a heartbeat…or as long as the sun shines...'
Short Story
(2008)
Hoot Who?      "At the intersection of Vehr Street and Faie Avenue lay Mansion Itegart, whose owner was none other than the wealthy Jocale, best known for her numerous and valuable jewels. She hosted a ball at Mansion Itegart for her important friends, a reunion after months without communication. Personally, she invited four of her closest companions which included Viraga, Noctuo, Multus, and Recens. Viraga was Jocale’s friend from childhood, as was Recens; Noctuo was an owner of great estate and member of Parliament; Multus was a man of multiple professions. The rest of the people invited to the ball were guest from other parts of Jocale’s life, which were of less importance to her..."
Short Story
(2007)


Works in Progress
Title Just A Byte
Type and Date Started
AFF
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November 2004
Search and Destroy
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Short Story
November 2010
New Bronx
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November 2011
Untitled
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Short Story
February 2012
Player One
"The decisions we make in our youth will remain with us forever,
Either as beautiful memories or as the scars of our success..."
Poem
December 2012
A Life Well Wasted Tuesday
March 19, 2013

13:23 ET

     For whatever reason I've found the need to start writing this journal. I don't know exactly why, but it may have something to do with all the thoughts and ideas in my head that I simply can't organize or keep track of..."

Note: A Life Well Wasted has become a sporadically written-in journal in which I document my thoughts on many a topic including, but not restricted to, philosophy, education, society, art, culture, video games, eSports, technology, social institutions, private institutions, politics, music, economics, religion, life, death, writing, literature, cognition, metacognition, epistemology, language, American consumerism, and so on. I have no intentions of making it public any time soon. Title inspired by and stolen from Robert Ashley's A Life Well Wasted.

A Life Well Wasted: How and Why I Write
A Life Well Wasted: How and Why I Write Part Two
Journal
March 19, 2013
Mistakes Were Made

Ongoing/
Current Focus
"Thousands Root for Favorite Failures at Packed Stadium
– October 1, 2016
     Yesterday, thousands upon thousands of eSports fanatics found themselves at the 2016 League of Legends World Championship at Cologne, Germany’s WASD Stadium. Fans cheered on as the best European team assisted Korea in winning yet another world championship..."
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September 2013
Where Legends Gather
A series of poems based on characters from Riot Games' League of Legends.
Poems
November 2013
Candies, Please
You have managed to survive another night on an empty stomach.

Congratulations.
Text-Based "Game"
January 24, 2014
"Society is Gay"
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Essay
N/A
"The Great American Fallacy"
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Essay
N/A
"In Defense of Reason"
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Essay
N/A