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Stray

by J.S. Morin | Sep 5, 2024 | Games | 0 Comments

At its core, Stray is a platform puzzle game. You jump. You climb. You knock things over. But the twist with Stray is that you’re a cat....

Brain.fm

by J.S. Morin | Aug 29, 2024 | Living in the Future | 0 Comments

It’s not often that Living in the Future intersects directly with my own writing process, but here we are. I’ve been writing for… well, comfortably...

Dollhouse

by J.S. Morin | Aug 22, 2024 | Movies & TV | 0 Comments

Dollhouse is an early-2000s TV show starring Eliza Dushku as a programmable human known as a Doll. She is part of a program where a company...

Baldur’s Gate

by J.S. Morin | Aug 15, 2024 | Games | 0 Comments

I’ve got a lot on my mind, or, well… in it. The best game of 2023 has the creepiest premise. You’ve been kidnapped by aberrations from another...

Fluora smart plants

by J.S. Morin | Aug 8, 2024 | Living in the Future | 0 Comments

Some people are born with a green thumb. This sounds like a medical problem, or something fixable with soap. Other people can keep house plants...

Avatar Last Airbender

by J.S. Morin | Aug 1, 2024 | Movies & TV | 0 Comments

Avatar: the Last Airbender is among the latest conversions from animation to live action on the major streaming services (in this case,...

Flying Cars

by J.S. Morin | Jul 18, 2024 | Living in the Future | 0 Comments

In the late 19th century, the automobile was invented. Early in the 20th, humanity discovered powered flight. In the century since, the quest to...

Starfarers of Catan

by J.S. Morin | Jul 11, 2024 | Games | 0 Comments

It’s no exaggeration to say that when Settlers of Catan came on the scene in 1995, it changed board gaming worldwide. The randomized board...

Year 11 of My 5-10 Year Overnight Success Plan

by J.S. Morin | Jul 11, 2024 | Checking in | 0 Comments

Some of you (the clever ones), may note a Curious Math Situation right in the title of this year's update. The cynics among you will further observe...

Snitched on Me, a very Ramsey Christmas Song

by J.S. Morin | Dec 24, 2023 | Holiday | 0 Comments

by Jamie Ramsey (age 12) I sold a guy some stolen stim; somebody snitched on me.I broke a bully’s nose and chin; somebody snitched on me.I cut off...

The Holiday Special that wasn’t…(and won’t be)

by J.S. Morin | Dec 7, 2023 | Behind the Pages, Holiday | 0 Comments

For people reading the J.S. Morin emails, you might know we've been playing with Midjourney a lot lately. And we finally started trying to create...

A Prequel to a Sci-Fi Classic (With Apes)

by J.S. Morin | Sep 7, 2023 | Movies & TV | 0 Comments

Back in 2011, someone had the bright idea to trample on the grave of science fiction classic, Planet of the Apes. The Charlton Heston original...

Hearthstone

by J.S. Morin | Aug 24, 2023 | Games | 0 Comments

A Mobile/PC Powerhouse of a Game Hearthstone isn’t news. It’s an offshoot of the world’s most famous MMORPG and it’s been around in its own right...

Off-brand gods: When an Idea is So Bad That It’s…Bad

by J.S. Morin | Aug 10, 2023 | My Author Scrapheap | 0 Comments

So, sometimes a funny idea pops into your head. That’s fine. It’s ok to laugh at it, maybe share it with whoever is closest, and simply move on....

The End of Backbreaking Labor

by J.S. Morin | Aug 3, 2023 | Living in the Future | 0 Comments

Job posting from 2040: Entry level construction job Will be supervising 20 employees No physical limitations You’ll be building bridges and...

Honor Among Thieves

by J.S. Morin | Jul 27, 2023 | Movies & TV | 0 Comments

THIS is how you make a D&D movie Fantasy movies have had a rough history in Hollywood. Cheesy special effects, ren faire level costumes, and...

Encodya: Just a girl and her robot

by J.S. Morin | Jul 13, 2023 | Games | 0 Comments

Point-and-click puzzle games are a mainstay of PC gaming dating back to the 80s. Due to the limited scope, they can be reliably produced by indie...

Google Maps Timeline: The Argument-Killing Machine

by J.S. Morin | Jul 6, 2023 | Living in the Future | 0 Comments

"We haven’t been to X in ages." "What was the name of that little Italian place we stopped at the day we went to Y?" "Yes, we went to Z on our...

Altered Carbon

by J.S. Morin | Jun 29, 2023 | Movies & TV | 0 Comments

What Happens When Tech Makes Life Cheap? Altered Carbon begins with a futuristic twist on the noir whodunnit. The victim commissions the detective’s...

Chess: Good Game, Bad Plot

by J.S. Morin | Jun 22, 2023 | My Author Scrapheap | 0 Comments

Chess is having something of a minor resurgence these days (all things being relative, it’s probably still less popular than the average pay-to-win...