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Beyond!

We All Have to Move Beyond!(0)

December 26, 2025

“Now that things are so simple, there’s so much to do.” ―Morton Feldman

The Ludotronics Game Design Methodology

Winter (Term) Is Coming!

The fall/winter term 2024/2025 is approaching, and with it a new batch of freshwo:men.

Shōnan Jinja

Singapore Adventure: Shōnan Jinja

Yes, we crawled through a tropical jungle and back for a destroyed World War II shrine.

ludotronics.net

The Ludotronics Book Companion Site Is Finally Complete!

It’s been a very long journey. Now I can take a break and then focus on my next book! 🙏🥂💃

Narratives Crossing Boundaries

Another Comp Copy Arrived!

Narratives Crossing Boundaries: Storytelling in a Transmedial and Transdisciplinary Context

Ludotronics

Comp Copies Arrived and The Ludotronics Game Design Methodology Is Shipping!

If you can’t or don’t want to order the book right now, that’s fine! But you can spread the word, that will make me happy too.

The Ludotronics Game Design Methodology

As of today, The Ludotronics Game Design Methodology Is Available for Pre-Order!

Even if you don’t want to or can’t preorder at the moment, you can spread the word! That’ll make me happy too.

Das Keyboard

Keyboard Cleaning

I can’t wait to not do this again for many years.

The Ludotronics Game Design Methodology

Yay! The Ludotronics Game Design Methodology Is Coming Out Soon!

You can’t yet preorder it, but you can get the word around! That’ll make me happy too.

Blade Runner

Unboxing Free League’s Blade Runner Tabletop Role-Playing Game (Plus Some Kanji Lore)

I couldn’t help but buy the most luxurious version Free League had on offer.

Hello Playdate!

Unboxing the #Playdate

It’s the only device I own I can play with outside in the sun.

ludotronics.net

Ludotronics: Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You!

Long ago in 2019—some of yer olden folks might still remember—I published my book on game design methodologies.

Plush Bunnies TNG

Like, Every Day

Some personal thoughts on writing and publishing routines, and what to do with them when things begin to crumble.

Voidpunk

Why Not Start With a Voidpunk Video Game?

Why not start right away with a video game? Against the backdrop of my biography, that looks like a natural question.

Twilight: 2000

Twilight: 2000 by Free League—The Post-WWIII Apocalypse Never Looked so Good

Will I ever play this marvelous game again, as a player or perhaps even gamemaster? I don’t know! But that’s not the point.

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Consolidating Memories in the Photographic Field (Part I)

Photographs don’t merely focus, but narrow down and even constrict our memories to those moments we chose to illustrate.

Scrolling

How Many Papyrus Scrolls Have You Written Today?

Come to think of it, writing on scrolls is effectively what we’re free to do now.

Video Games in der radikalisierten Gesellschaft

A Few Words on the Politics of Combating Extremism in Germany

There are three intrinsically distinct challenges for combating extremism in online media, and Germany is probably going to drop the ball on all three of them.

Meet Me on Twitter

Comments Are Closed, But Twitter Is Open!

The problem of comments keeps haunting me.