past feelings
a collection of memories and thoughts.
June 28, 2026
someone believed in the game first: denmu's $50 million bet on creative vision
there's a phrase michael fan used in an email interview with *game developer* that i keep returning to. "behind every piece of art — a book, a movie, a song, a play, a sculpture, or a game — there is ...
June 25, 2026
gareth damian martin has been waiting nine years to make signet city
there's something quietly devastating about sitting with an idea for almost a decade. knowing it's there. knowing you're not ready for it yet.
gareth damian martin has been carrying signet city since...
June 14, 2026
two brothers built a whole world, and it's one of 2026's quietest miracles
there's something about motorslice that stays with you. not loudly. it doesn't announce itself. it just... settles somewhere behind your sternum and sits there, warm and a little aching, like the memo...
June 2, 2026
make the past less permanent: tattoo removal simulator is quietly breaking hearts on steam
there's a demo on steam right now that made me sit very still for a moment. not because of anything loud or dramatic. just because of a small tattoo on a woman's left knee — a child's doodle, a gurnin...
May 28, 2026
the pain of homecoming: how 'the quiet things' turns childhood trauma into something you can hold
there's a game coming to steam on june 4th, 2026, and i've been sitting with it for a few days now, not quite sure how to talk about it. it's called the quiet things. it's made by a small studio calle...
May 27, 2026
someone has to wear the camera
there's a startup called human archive, and they want to teach robots how to do the dishes.
it sounds almost tender when you say it like that. but the way they're doing it — that part sits with me a ...
May 27, 2026
bill yi and the quiet architecture of imagined worlds
there's something almost tender about the way bill yi begins a new world. not with software, not with a render farm humming somewhere in the dark — but with a loose sketch. black and white. just shape...
May 26, 2026
the quiet geometry of movement: what it takes to make a 3d model truly come alive
there's something tender about the idea of a digital figure that can't move. it just... sits there. frozen in its own perfect stillness, like a photograph of someone you used to know. and i think abou...
May 23, 2026
the quiet revolution of voting for movies in a queens basement
there was something about seneca cinema that felt like a secret handshake between strangers. tucked away in ridgewood, queens, it wasn't just another theater—it was a place where audiences voted on wh...