Derek Pietras

Writer by day, ninja by night.

On being ‘childish’

May 27, 2014

I’d like to begin with a quote from C.S. Lewis: “Critics who treat ‘adult’ as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; … More On being ‘childish’

Experience Points #2: Pokémon

March 2, 2014

It’s easy for those of us who don’t play video games to look at the medium and see nothing more than guns, violence, soldiers, killcounts, and candy-swaps. However, like any other creative medium, that description only scratches the surface of what video games have to offer. Join me as I share my experiences with video … More Experience Points #2: Pokémon