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- Introducing ‘Kiso Valley Diary’ – A Blog About Life in Japan March 4, 2020
- Life in Japan #3: 13 Reasons Why You Should Learn Kanji July 29, 2019
- Life in Japan #2: Thoughts on Studying Kanji, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Needlessly Complicated Japanese Logographic Writing System July 22, 2019
- RPG Autopsy #10: Vampyr (Part Ten – Vampire Rats) July 21, 2019
- Life in Japan #1: Spending Time With the In-laws July 13, 2019
- RPG Autopsy #9: Vampyr (Part Nine – Whoso Eateth My Flesh) July 9, 2019
- RPG Autopsy #8: Vampyr (Part Eight – Funeral Bites) June 30, 2019
- Is the Indie Game Development Scene ‘Stagnant’? (and other questions whose answer is ‘No’) June 7, 2019
- RPG Autopsy #7: Vampyr (Part Seven – Redmail in Redchapel) May 26, 2019
- One Thousand And One Nights: A Patreon Reward Game May 23, 2019
Author Archives: Nick Keirle
(2014) The Year in Books – Part One
At the start of 2014 I set myself a challenge: I would spend the entire year only reading books written by women. I didn’t do this because I wanted to think of myself as lovely and progressive, but because I wanted to … Continue reading
Hide Your Workings: The Interiority of Thomas Cromwell
Wolf Hall is the first instalment in Hilary Mantel’s as-yet unfinished trilogy dealing with the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII’s court. It takes us through his time as Cardinal Wolsey’s right-hand man, through to his time serving … Continue reading
Paprika (パプリカ)
Paprika (2006, directed and co-written by Kon Satoshi) is possibly one of the strangest films I’ve ever seen. It’s a fascinating exploration of the nature of dreams (and in a related vein, the nature of film) wrapped up in simple thriller story … Continue reading
Haruspex Games 