A Tainted Sun

Prose

• Paradox - A philosophical piece I wrote long before I got interested in writing
• The Antikythera Mechanism - My Creative Writing 218 final project assignment
• The Fleeting Sun - A Warcraft related submission to one of my own monthly writing threads at WCR
• Blue Oceans of Rhyme - Chapter Thread, in progress
• Nameless - Warning: The actions or thoughts of this story do not, in anyway, reflect my own
• Logan Estes - A character exercise that went stale. My character has a long enough background to warrant a read

Poetry

• Show-and-Tell in College? - Each student brought in an object and we had to write a poem including them all
• Dreams are like Legal Acid Trips - A dream/landscape poem based on a real dream
• Boxland! Like Disney Land, only Cooler! - A poem based on a picture
• My Tommy Poem was Utter Garbage and you know it! - The rewrite of my first poem for the class
• I’ve got 350 APM like I’m the child of Boxer and Woody Woodpecker - This one is a product of an exercise I was given when my teacher didn’t show up for class. It’s an exercise where we had to include twenty different things in the same poem. I’m surprised how well I included them all and kept a single story flowing. Enjoy!
• The Adventure with Duxid in the Meadows of Locusts - A sarcastic attempt at mimicking Walt Whitman’s categorizing technique
• Fornication in Sleeping Haikus - Five connected haikus I wanted to write, followed by give I had to write
• Reflection One: I fear the Great’s Kool Aid - The first in a series of poems based on my reactions to class and the “great” poetry masters
• O Poetry Blues! How you slay me! - Poetry written while listening to blues and jazz
• Nature and Undead - A more serious, yet still crappy, attempt at a poem written during a nature walk.
• Cooking Up Mac-n-Cheese with Dane - A poem for my poetry teacher’s daughter. Apparently she likes macaroni and cheese and Dane Cook
• I Have a Dream - What do zombies have to do with MLK? Nothing, but you should still read it
• Devilish Poker - What if Stallone made a deal with The Devil to look younger?

Articles and Audios

Warcraft Innovation Series for WCReplays.com

• Innovation: Who Are You? - Part 1 - Focuses on what makes us tick, and why we play the way we do.
• Innovation: Who Are You? - Part 2 - Delves into who you are as a Warcraft player.
• Innovation: Who Are You? - Part 3 - Focuses on when you need to innovate as a Warcraft player and when you do not.
• Innovation: Who Are You? - Part 4 - Delves into where you need to find innovative inspiration as a Warcraft player.
• Innovation: Who Are You? - Part 5 - The final piece in the innovation series which answers the question of “Why should we innovate?”

Warcraft Optimization Series for WCReplays.com

• Optimization: Improve Your Game - Part 1 - Focuses on how to improve your gameplay by optimizing your unit choices.
• Optimization: Improve Your Game - Part 2 - Ends the argument about APM, and defines a new term, QAPM.
• Optimization: Improve Your Game - Part 3 - This final piece focuses on how to get the most out of each of your units by utilizing as much of their HP and MP as possible.

Warcraft Theorycrafting Corner Series for WCReplays.com

• Theorycrafting Corner #1 - Ever thought to add an Alchemist to the Orc army? No, well get with the program! Everyone is doing it!
• Theorycrafting Corner #2 - Damn I hate the Archmage, he’s so boring. Why not replace him with a cool hero like a Dark Ranger? This article also features art by the amazing Raihn.
• Theorycrafting Corner #3 - A new twist on an already used Undead build order. This article also features art by Raihn.

Warcraft Side by Side Series for WCReplays.com

• Side by Side #1 - The first in a series of two piece articles that focus on controversial topics in the WarCraft scene. This article focuses on the survival of WarCraft, due to the announcement of StarCraft II and features two full length articles; one by myself and one by Amnesty.
• Side by Side #2 - The second in a series of two piece articles. This article aims to find out which is better, Cookie-Cutting or Innovating. You be the judge!
• Side by Side #3 - The age old topic of nature versus nurture has found its way into video games. Hear the guys battle over which one is more important!
• Side by Side #4 - Warcraft’s community is known for churning out custom games for us to play. The question we have to ask ourselves though is, do those custom games have any value to use as Warcraft players.

Warcraft Audio Commentaries for WCReplays.com

• Audio Commentary 1 (WCR #375) - WCR 375, depicts an interesting game where Moon is forced to innovate in order to survive losing his Ancient of War early in the game.
• Audio Commentary 2 (WCR #377) - This audio commentary shows the type of player I get my inspiration from, how to play like him, and also talks about how to deal with a tower push.
• Audio Commentary 3 (WCR #397) - This, almost two hour long, audio commentary series focuses on five different games and contains a bunch of interesting goodies.