Area of Effect Ka-Boom By Jay Castello • April 15th, 2025 I truly, genuinely, do not think I have ever been as frustrated with a videogame in my life.
Area of Effect Worldbuilding By Jay Castello • March 11th, 2025 I’m building worlds in my brain and I’m being in worlds in real life.
Area of Effect Language Roots By Jay Castello • February 11th, 2025 Chants of Sennaar’s world is pieced together from bits of ours that make our understanding of it slot together piece by piece.
Area of Effect The Local Horror of Dark Academia By Jay Castello • November 13th, 2024 Babel is one of the books most keen to explore the dark part of dark academia; the power behind it, not just the hue of an 18th century wood-panel library.
Area of Effect Molokhia By Jay Castello • October 9th, 2024 I wish I knew my grandmother’s recipes. I wish I hadn’t been taught to be mean to her about them.
Area of Effect Signalled Space By Jay Castello • September 10th, 2024 The feeling of together-aloneness is the same in both Elden Ring’s digital world and the damp field of the Rollright Stones in real life.
Area of Effect The Play Space By Jay Castello • August 13th, 2024 Wandrer.earth logs all the roads you’ve walked on (via a Strava integration). There is no way that these numbers will move considerably, ever, but seeing where I’ve been is compelling enough.