Game Dev Journal: Son of a Glitch

A closeup of a SNES-type console sitting between two monitors and a keyboard; the whole scene is aberrated and glitched.

Just seconds after writing that title for this post, I realized that should have been the game title. Oh, well. Look at what took me all of 4-6 hours to create. At least I think it was that long. I have time blindness, so certain activities feel like they take only a few minutes while…

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YouTube Helpings: Sonic the Hedgehog Edition

A YouTube header image, but it says YerTerb.

Or “Ellie Doesn’t Quite Dip Back in the Fandom Pool, But She Gets Her Toes Damp” Part of the challenge of not having a job outside the house is that you have to keep yourself occupied, or you’ll end up wandering off to clean something or staring into the void and pondering every life decision…

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Getting Comfy with VSCode

A header image with the following Javascript-liked code: if programmer is confused, search for solutions, programmer look up tutorial, let tutorial version equal five-plus years old, if tutorial version is five-plus years old, console log adjust expectations accordingly, else froth at the mouth, programmer bang head on desk.

I don’t have a whole lot to talk about right now because doing so would involve spoiling things. But I can tell you that this is becoming a regular sight for me: Not that exact screen, of course. Just lines and lines of code. For a wonder, I understand most of it. What I like…

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Whatchagot Stew: September 11, 2026 Serving

A stylized bowl of mush made from questions marks.

As a revived fan of Patrick F. McManus, I’m trying to make up for lost time by reacquainting myself with this works, like Whatchagot Stew: A Memoir of an Idaho Childhood, with Recipes and Commentaries, a (mostly) nonfiction volume he wrote with his sister, Patricia McManus Gass (real OGs know her as The Troll). You…

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For the Seeker Who Thinks They’re Stuck

Header image of tarot cards featuring Two of Cups, The Lovers, The Fool, Seven of Cups, and The Magician.

It’s been a while, Seeker. I didn’t forget you, but I had a very good reason for not giving you any guidance recently: it was time for you to take action. I know you’re the type to look at a situation from every angle possible, but it was getting to the point where you were…

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Animatic: Twinny for Gas

A YouTube header image, but it says YerTerb.

What, you don’t mentally paste players’ faces onto characters when they use their regular speaking voices? That’s just me? As a fellow Southerner, I can verify that CaseOh is pronouncing “twenty” correctly. Don’t let the Yankees tell you otherwise.

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August 21, 2026

A YouTube header image, but it says YerTerb.

Today is my last day of classes. I just submitted my final assignment. I’m done with graduate school. Well, almost. For whatever reason, my university doesn’t hold a summer commencement ceremony, so I’ll have to attend the one in the fall. But as far as coursework goes, I’m finished. You’d think I’d be ecstatic. You’d…

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