2018

I don't play a lot of games this year.

This is surprising news. I play games all the time. My games library is an ever-expanding sprawl. I subconsciously, effortlessly, follow after gaming news and analyses. I know Spider-Man is big. I know God of War won a lot of awards. I know all the kids plays...

Here's a fun Indonesian noun: haru biru.

"Haru" is the feeling you get when you see a poor beggar on the streets or when an underdog manages to win against all odds. "Biru" is the color blue, which is also used as in the English "feeling blue" (i.e. sad/melancholic).

It's commonly used to descri...

This is a translation of "Suara di Bandara" a short story by Budi Darma published in Kompas, 2 December 2018. I just felt like randomly doing an Indonesian-to-English translation, and I chose it by random. You can read the original at lakonhidup.com.  If you're anyone to do with the original write...

"Fantasy" and "science fiction" are so intertwined they're not even two sides of the same coin, they're all the same side of a carved seal cylinder. If you use the carving like a stamp, and roll the cylinder along a surface, you'll see science fiction drawn on one end and fantasy on the other. On th...

Been having trouble writing (or being productive) again. School's been done for, about two weeks, now? I got a rewritten game review out, I'm bashing my head against the wall making a new version of my homepage. There's a story I'm stewing on that is supposed to be done by tomorrow and yet I can...