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March 2026
Finally emerging from my cave to post this month's What Else Is On! I've been a very busy little bee for the past few weeks in the job search mines, updating my portfolio, updating my resume, working on motion design projects, and luckily, getting a bunch of interviews.
All of that has left me with precious little blog energy, but I do have a solid collection of links to share for the month! So without further ado, let's see what else is on.
Put This On
I went and saw Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie last month having never seen Matt & Jay's previous work outside of Update Day, and I've been obsessed with this song, which I'd never heard before despite being a moderate Ben Folds fan, and which I now know features in the Nirvana the Band the Show webseries and Nirvanna the Band the Show TV series as closing credits music (and also features at greater length in the movie), ever since.
Read This
The Waters of March - Laura Michet
Speaking of becoming obsessed with music featured in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Laura Michet wrote about The Waters of March, a beautiful song that brings me to tears and caught me off guard at the end of NTBTSTM in a surprisingly touching way.
The Waters Are Already Muddy - InnerSpiral
In Alli's own words, "A vent in frustration about the state of the internet, but also hope." There's a lot in here that I think some folks might need to hear.
A thought about monstrous rich men online - Laura Michet
Back to Laura Michet with a post about how being forced to reckon with the fact that we all fucking hate them turned weird rich men into even more psychotic monsters.
The Only Solution Capitalism Has Is to Sell Us More Useless Junk - The Intercept
Turn on the TV today, and you will drown in a sea of ads in which capitalists denounce capitalism. Think of the PNC Bank ads where parents sell their children’s naming rights a la sports stadiums for the money to raise them or the Robinhood ads where a white-haired older man, perhaps meant to evoke Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn, curses the “men of means with their silver spoons eating up the financial favors of the one percent” from the deck of a yacht.
Prediction markets want to eat the news - The Verge
Everything is gambling now, and if we let it, it will devour our soul until there is nothing left.
Hey let's take a lighter turn with the story of Libby Watson's journey to a restaurant opened by magician Criss Angel that is really called "Breakfast Lunch and Pizza."
Vilja: Emma’s Oblivion Mod That Sir Terry Pratchett Loved - Videodame
A downright charming interview with the creator of a number of mods for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, including her surprising collaboration with Terry Pratchett!
Dithering Part 1 - visualrambling
A really beautiful and informative visual exploration of how dithering works! Fascinating stuff!
A Dialogue with Austin Walker - Unwinnable
I somehow missed the fact that Austin Walker started another video game podcast last year, so shoutouts to this interview for bringing that to my attention. But it's also a really great conversation with someone whom I regard as maybe the smartest person in games journalism, or at least the person best equipped and best able (imho) to articulate the state of things in video games, games journalism, culture, politics, etc, and connect them all. I'm just a big fan of this guy.
I wish videogame culture would take more cues from readers - Jank
Very much agree with Graham Smith's sentiments here! Video games can often feel like a treadmill you need to keep up with at all costs, but there's a much richer history of work out there than just the latest thing, and it's worth exploring from different angles. There should be room for such things in modern games crit (once all the outlets stop dying and being sold for parts).
Three game devs climb a mountain - Jank
Really enjoyed this multi-part series covering Bennett Foddy, Holly Jencka, and Emeric Thoa's attempt to reach the apex of Peak. I would absolutely read more features like this!
the coolest apology i ever got - Joe Wintergreen
A fun personal story that sounds like something out of a movie. What do you mean this happened to you in real life.
The Good Old Hyperlink - Discard Pile
Praise for the most fundamental underpinning of the internet—and perhaps underappreciated nowadays—the hyperlink.
“This Is Not The Computer For You” - Sam Henri Gold
This post has really been making the rounds, but I wanted to share it here as well because it, perhaps unsurprisingly, resonated with me. Sometimes a cheap laptop that can't do everything you want it to is the perfect place for a kid to start.
Have a Fucking Website - Other Strangeness
if you are a business or an individual artist or creator, have a fucking website. “But-” fuck you, have a fucking website.
Watch This
A short animation about bein' friends and stuff.
The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - The Onion
The Onion is the most important comedic and cultural institution of our time.
A.I. Filmmaking Is Not The Future. It's a Grift. - Patrick (H) Willems
Great video from a few years back about what was wrong with the "AI Wes Anderson" craze, and why AI "art" is bullshit.
Listen To This
Personal Records: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie - NPR
Speaking of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and its music: if you want to hear Matt Johnson & Jay McCarrol talk about the music that inspires them, featuring tracks both used in the movie and not, NPR kicked off a fun new show doing just that with those two.
A new(ish) video game podcast from Austin Walker and a rotating panel of hosts from the Friends at the Table universe.
Play This
Free, Browser
This game is diabolical. It is of the devil. I curse friend of the site and oft-linked writer Laura Michet for ever blogging about it. The only instruction given is to make 45 groups of 45. You're left to figure out what the groups are and what's going on here. If you enjoy NYT's Connections, this is your punishment. Really took my mind off of interview anxiety last week though!
Seven Gates, We Deliver - Lawra Suits Clark
Free, Browser
A fun sort of memory game where you place things in a room and then need to remember where you put them and how to navigate to them without being able to see the room.
gradient.horse - Michail Rybakov
Free, Browser
Draw a horse and let 'em run!
list animals until failure - Vivian Rose
Free, Browser
List as many animals as you can think of until you can't.
Some Good Websites
A really pretty, if still somewhat inscrutable (to me) timeline of events in the universe of Marathon, a new game from Bungie that I think is pretty darn good.
I'm surprised I haven't shared this already! After the Beep is an answering machine for the internet, featuring a real phone number you can call to anonymously leave a message that anyone can listen to. Can you find the message from yours truly? 👀
Love to find a gorgeous new personal website. Oopsie Doodle's got it all, and personality in spades.
Bonus Links
A new weekly roundup of games writing from around the web, from the good folks at Jank!
Thanks for reading! Til next time! 👋