On Writing

Video Games

The vast majority of my writing is done in the field of electronic entertainment, distributed as a column entitled Gamebits, which has appeared in the following print publications:

• The Boston Herald
• Quincy Patriot-Ledger (South of Boston Media Group, Quincy, Mass.)
• Sentinel & Enterprise (MediaNews Group, Fitchburg, Mass.)
• Worcester Magazine (Worcester Publishing, Worcester, Mass.)
• Under 21 Magazine (Target Marketing Specialists, Philadelphia, Penn.)
• Mensa publications:
  • MEDIA (Region 1, Group 010: Connecticut & Western Mass.)
  • Boston Beacon (Region 1, Group 014: Boston)
  • M'Ocean (Region 1, Group 028: Rhode Island)
  • Mid-Mensan (Region 1, Group 124: Mid-Hudson, NY)
  • SangaMensan (Region 4, Group 627: Sangamon Valley, IL)
  • ToteMs (Region 8, Group 980: Western Washington)
  • The Computer Gamers' Gazette (Computer Gaming SIG)
• Tech News (Newspeak Association, Worcester, Mass.)
• Zapp! (defunct - formerly of Exeter, Rhode Island)

In addition to the online counterparts of the above publications, Gamebits articles have also been published at these online venues:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Game Rankings
• Tiptonium
• Games Site (formerly Video Gaming Central)
• Syndicomm
• The Electronic Gamer

Visit Gamebits to see my professional page on this topic, which includes an archive of more than 300 Gamebits articles.

Travel

Move to the Travel portion of my homepage to read my travel writing.

Apple II

Move to the Apple portion of my homepage to read my Apple II writing. I'm also editor-in-chief of Juiced.GS.

School

The three projects demanded of all my alma mater's graduating students, as well as some high school Greek translations, are found on the School portion of my homepage.

Fantasy

I come from the same hometown as fantasy author R.A. Salvatore, and have had the pleasure and opportunity to interview him on multiple occasions. I've also read all his books, which has contributed to my articles on him. Surf over to Gamebits to read my material on this topic.

Sex

I wrote a couple of articles on this popular topic when I was in college:

• Sex Ed(itorial) is a response to a series of articles by a college staff member about sex. My article is tangential so you needn't have read what it's in response to. In fact, this isn't really a "response" at all; that was just an excuse to say something on my mind.
• Sex: What Are the Odds? is intended as a humorous lampoon of reality on this campus, and also a demonstration of the skills I learned in reading a book about numeracy.

Skydiving

In 1997 I went skydiving, and wrote a story about it to go along with the roll of film they gave me. Here it is. I've since also gone bungee-jumping, about which I have not written, but there is a grainy QuickTime movie of the event online. It's just under seven megs in size.

Syndicommotion

I was editor of the Syndicomm Online newsletter, Syndicommotion, during its entire run (2002 - 2005).

Writer's Block

Like any individuals, I occasionally suffer this malady.

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