S.E.E.S.

Stephen's Extracurricular Enrichment Sessions

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  • Jersey Shore

    Apologies for the lack of updates—the Hero daughters were sick this past week, thus derailing my extracurricular activities. Anyway, back to Silent Hill! *cue ominous Yamaoka track* Building on my previous post, in addition to structuring Silent Hill around various school hubs, I’ve always thought that a shore town in the off-season would be a Continue reading

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  • Needle in a Haystack

    Since I’m committed to playing a lot of fifth-gen games, I’ve got to get used to abstractions of early polygonal graphics. I spent 45 minutes last night trying to find the Library Reserve Key after having scoured every corner of that hellish school. Little did I know but I missed a prompt, obscured by limitations Continue reading

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  • A Sense of Place

    In “The Philosophy of Composition,” (1846) Edgar Allan Poe argues that the short story is the ideal literary form on the grounds that it can be read in a single sitting. If the writer properly calibrates the atmosphere and mood of their story, the effect—especially re: horror—can be spectacular, as an emotional response can build Continue reading

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