If you’ve poked around the rest of this site recently, you might’ve noticed something new. “But what, pray tell, are you barking about?” you might be asking. There’s now a Gallery Page featuring visual snippets from my book-in-progress, Scrolls & Screens: An Odyssey Through the Ages of Rhetoric. Yeah, that… Continue reading
What Life Is Strange taught me about rhetorical responsibility If you’ve already read my full review of Life Is Strange, you know I think it’s less about time travel and more about sacrifice. If you haven’t, you can read it here → Life is Strange is Not About Time Travel… Continue reading
The marsh was not supposed to burn. Its waters, shallow and dark, had for centuries swallowed sparks and doused careless flames. Children once dared each other to toss matches into the reeds, certain they would do nothing more than fizzle and vanish. Elders laughed at the thought of fire ever… Continue reading
This simplistic beta launch represents my earliest attempt to assemble a cohesive authorial website using only static pages and extremely early web conventions that prioritize content and clarity for reader accessibility over interactivity. Throughout this process, I consistently returned to the course readings on web usability, audience awareness, and rhetorical… Continue reading
It’s About Rhetorical Choice, Ultimate Sacrifice, and Who We Decide to Be Life Is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment, 2015) is most often described as the narrative-saturated game about time travel, hipster photography, and nostalgic teenage angst, all of which might not sound too appetizing at first glance. I’d say that description… Continue reading