Saturday, July 4, 2026

American Revolution Recommendations

Arms still feel weird, and my plans for next weekend kind of crashed, but I get a long weekend! It’s the Fourth of July! Independence Day! Nobody drink tea, or you’re not Patriot!

I have been getting weirdly into this thing by Matt Rhodes, one of the concept artists on Dragon Age, titled Dead Gods, which is a crazy fantasy take on the story of Noah? With some Book of Enoch and other bits thrown in there.


Also! I finished Stray!

Saturday, June 27, 2026

The Villain Ensemble

I was feeling a bit down on Friday, but when I got home, I had a letter in the mail! So that was exciting. I still need to figure some things out, though. Also my arm has been hurting/feeling weird? Hopefully, I’ll be better by Monday. I’m out of town today, in what’s planned to be a relaxing history day.

Finished a book that was a history of the steampunk subgenre. It was alright? It was fine. Not sure what’s next.

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Movies as the Default Form of Storytelling

I woke up yesterday with my guts feeling downright awful, though I expect by the time you read this I’ll be much better. If not, then, uh… hm. Problem.

Presently reading a collection of science-fiction stories that I found in a book sale about a month ago. After that is re-reading either The Demon Redcoat or The Battle of the Labyrinth. And I’m still playing Stray.

Saturday, June 13, 2026

John Wick is (Relatively) Well-Adjusted

I’m out of town again this weekend, with even less writing time, so hopefully I can get this out on time and you can read it.

To try something else, I started playing Stray on PS4. It’s fun so far! I’ve just caught up on book reviews/readings, but I should have a couple of really long books to get through soon (if I haven’t already).

Saturday, June 6, 2026

On Cold Iron

I am out of town this week, but I hoped to write a Saturday Note! I thought I’d try to talk about something again instead of doing a sort of argument/criticism piece. And not about Assassin’s Creed this time! 

RIP Anthony Head.


Saturday, May 30, 2026

Assassin's Creed in Space

My stomach appears to be a lot less grumpy than it was last weekend! I’ll take that win. Next week I’m out of town again, so I don’t know if I’ll be able to get a Saturday Note up in time.

Right now I’m almost done with Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Naturally the following game might be Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, but I’m a bit tired of playing Assassin’s Creed games for the moment, so we might take a break with something like Stray. Finishing up Going Postal, then we’re onto a new book.


This one doesn’t really have an argument, it’s more like, “Hey, this is crazy, and I want to talk about it.”

Saturday, May 23, 2026

'Not How I Wanted It' as Criticism

I’ve been out for a bit the last couple of days, so there’s even LESS planning on this Saturday Note than usual. 


Presently I am reading a book about medieval manuscripts. Not sure what I’m watching, other than occasional Elementary episodes. Still playing Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. I’ve got it on the schedule to paint and finally do those Titan’s Curse annotations, too.