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Category Archives: Games

I Suck at Blogging

September 15, 2016by Michael J. Riser Leave a comment

No matter how many times I tell myself to update my website, as soon as things get busy, it’s the first thing to go. Never fails. Maybe that’s because I […]

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Education, Games, Japanese, Life, Writing

Writing About Games

April 4, 2016by Michael J. Riser Leave a comment

So I’ve been a bit busy lately, as you may have gathered. In the last few months I’ve had a lot of personal stuff going on, including the passing of […]

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Games, Life, Reviews, Writing

The Enduring Loss

November 17, 2015by Michael J. Riser Leave a comment

Austin Walker of Giant Bomb recently asked what parts of gaming or gaming criticism or culture his readership might be afraid of losing or seeing forgotten by the collective consciousness. […]

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Art, Games, Rants

Fallout 4: Because Nerd Rage

November 12, 2015by Michael J. Riser Leave a comment

Different does not mean “dumbed down”. This review for Fallout 4 on the PC is not written from the perspectives of either fanboyism or rage. I’ve been playing Fallout games […]

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Games, Reviews

Black and White

July 15, 2015by Michael J. Riser Leave a comment

For the curious, my long absence has come largely from the fact that I did indeed finish my classes, after which I relocated back home to California. I managed to […]

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Chess, Education, Games, Life

The Darker the Dungeon

March 6, 2014by Michael J. Riser Leave a comment

Ah, “darkness”. Few words conjure up so much immediate meaning and are still so subject to arguments about semantic terminology. What is dark to one, after all, may not be […]

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Art, Games, Rants

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Black Candy

2022.01.01 -
“Observance” published in Coffin Bell‘s vol. 5 issue 1 to finish out 2021 with a bang. Available for free.

2021.10.01 -
“Adopt Now” published in Coffin Bell‘s vol. 4 issue 4, "Technophobia", alongside a boatload of other great work. Available for free.

2014.06.19 -
"Love, Posey" appears in Solarcidal Tendencies (paperback from CreateSpace/Amazon.com $10).

2014.05.27 -
"Cradlesong" appears in Despumation vol. 1 (paperback issue from CreateSpace/Amazon $6.99, $3.99 for Kindle).

2014.05.18 -
"Casa de Perros" appeared in Pantheon Magazine's anthology Gaia: Shadow & Breath (paperbacks from $10-$13 at CreateSpace/Amazon, ebooks for $2.99).

2013.12 -
"Dog Training" and "As Simple as Teacups" featured in the Fall 2013 issue of Sheepshead Review (print only - $5, shipping included, here).

2013.10.12 -
Come Death featured on deviantART.com.

2013.09.21 -
The Pursuit of Love and Labor published in Deimos eZine, vol. 2, issue 3.

2013.01.06 -
"Snow Angels" published in Downer Magazine (defunct).

2012.12.12 -
"Love, Posey" published at Solarcide.com. Eventually removed to be published in a future Solarcide anthology.

2012.04.26 -
because I still don't get e. e. cummings featured at myhero.com for National Poetry Month.

2011.11.15 -
blue sluice featured on deviantART.com.

2011.02.07 -
Featured in deviantART.com's The A,B,C's of Literature: Q by the-photographicpoet.

2011.01.10 -
a poem from a well bottom featured on deviantART.com.

2008.12 -
"poet show" was published in UNC Charlotte's Sanskrit, vol. 39, pg. 19.

2008 -
Poem "profanity" was published by Black Book Press.

Notes from the Deep

  • Moby-Dick Is A Cosmic Horror Novel & I’m Unemployed November 2, 2022
  • Long Overdue Grist For The Mill September 3, 2022
  • The Great Scrivener Debate, Part 2 April 13, 2021
  • The Great Scrivener Debate, part 1 October 20, 2020
  • Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer – a review September 20, 2020
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