[This post was originally published by Plus10Damage September 17, 2013.] “I was me.” That’s the essence of many personal narrative games, and @Rokashi’s I’m Fine is no exception. Those aren’t the literal first words, but it’s absolutely the first thought. I was myself. Those of us that have trouble being ourselves — or embracing the…
Author: David Russell Gutsche
Community Post: Dogs, Tails, and Co-op
Dogs. We use them in metaphors, often negatively. Granted, there’s the whole “man’s best friend” business, but otherwise we’re wading through piles of thoughts like “sick as a dog” or “puppy love.” They aren’t necessarily the most flattering of comparisons. Among this stack of idioms is the well-known “like a dog chasing its tail.” When we…
Post-Memorial Day Thoughts on Fake Guns, Using Them
Let’s start by observing two important and (hopefully) relevant things. 1) Recently, we celebrated Memorial Day here in this lifelong party we like to call America. That means that “The Troops” are on everybody’s mind, a fact which I am not at all lamenting. Rather, I am harnessing it, taking that thought by the…
Immersion and The Breaking Of It
[This post was originally published on Plus10Damage December 19, 2012.] I began a ritual last Halloween. No, not the Satanic kind. The kind where I annex myself to my room, close the door, and shut off the lights. I sat atop my bed, my laptop placed strategically on my lap, so as to occupy as large…
VIRTUAL BASTION 