Richard's Dystopian Pokeverse

Recent Posts

• The Captive Cervantes and the problem of history
• Southern Reach 3: Area X as Cthulhu adventure or Trophy incursion
• Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series, 2: on language
• Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series, 1: the review
• Todd Alcott’s “What does the protagonist want?”
• Anatomy of a Wonder: Napoleon’s Tomb
• The new(er) problems of Civilization 6
• The Problem of Civilization, the problems of Civ V
• Singing in the Wilderness: reconstructing Dune pt.3
• Machines As The Measure Of Men: reconstructing Dune pt. 2
• Wind, Sand and Stars: reconstructing Dune pt. 1
• Coda: when to set the Arthurian Nights
• Bèton Breton
• Pre-Raphaelite Arthur part 2
• Pre-Raphaelite Arthur, part 1: Arabian Nights, Authenticity and the Arche
• Sedulous Icosahedron
• Good things about Phoenix Point – the world-building
• Architectural history for gamers 2b: mountains and misdirection
• Architectural history for gamers 2a: the holy mountain
• Architectural History for Gamers 2: telling stories with spaces
• How to have fun playing Phoenix Point
• Architectural History for Gamers, 1a: medieval and early modern forts
• Architectural History for Gamers, 1: why build city walls?
• XCOM in the mirror – Phoenix Point
• Learning from XCOM, 5: the bit that would be better as a TTRPG
• Maps of classic dungeons 4: the rats in the walls of the Opera Garnier
• an addendum to a really old post on Cha-based magic
• Learning from XCOM, 4: look how far we’ve come
• Epic inconveniences
• Learning from XCOM, 3: classes, advancement, and special moves