Hello readers. I'll say it first: it's good to see you. You look... well? Maybe too well... ...like you haven't missed me at all. That's okay... I deserved that. I know, I know. Well: I'm here now. I'll be doing this thing... here... a bit like the old thing, but different. Very different. But also very similar. Psychocart's (not-so) mysterious origins The oldest post on this blog dates back to January 2008. It is in fact a re-post from an older blog that I maintained on Myspace: I migrated those blogs over because that site was disintegrating. It is to my immense satisfaction that blogger has ..read more

What follows is the first half of a post from my gaming blog, Alone in the Labyrinth. First it comes for those on watch, whose eyes become uncontrollably heavy. They will close them - only for  a second - but that is long enough. When they open them again, they see that the desert is quite different from how they remember it. THE FIRST NIGHT The Spectral City appears atop a shimmering sea where once there was sand. The tide laps gently at the travellers' feet, but they are quite distracted by the sight of the city itself: slender towers lit by white and purple light, dancing to a music ..read more

You're not going to read this, are you? TL/DR This is a derive in writing. Sights/sites we will be taking in along the way include psychogeography, the zone in the Tarkovsky's movie Stalker/ the Strugatskys' novel Roadside Picnic, and the OSR (old-school renaissance) in tabletop rpgs (role-playing games). After this brief introductory tour, readers are invited to consider four site investigation strategies inspired by the old-school style of tabletop role-playing. Strap in... and don't forget your flask of weak lemon drink. RIGHT, ARE YOU READY FOR THE ZONE?  FROM HERE ON IN IT’S PURE TARKOV ..read more