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Roy Kaplan…soon!

Hello friends!

It’s been a little since the last time I posted (in my defense this is also the most I’ve posted on my website in literally years) but as holidays approach the more time-conscious of you might remember the trailer for Roy Kaplan I posted back in November and the fact that the launch date for Roy Kaplan is now less than a week away! So I thought it would be nice to do a little update about what’s been going on in the meantime.

I’m not going to talk too much about the project itself today–I think I’ve done enough of that. This will just be about what I’ve been working on and some personal thoughts as we head into the release of what has been a really big project for me.

Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight Launch Announcement

It’s time, the post you’ve all been waiting for! Roy Kaplan is real and it’s here! (Or, it will be in only a couple short months!)

Cover art for Roy Kaplan: Out of SightCover art for Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight. Art by Jesse Peng.

There’s a lot to talk about under the jump, but if you’re just interested in the release information, the short version is: Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight is officially launching on December 28. Check the Out of Sight page for the full release schedule and the Roy Kaplan main project page for the full list of relevant links.

If you want to hear about the project and what I’ve been working over the last two years, keep reading under the cut!

Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight

Cover Art for Roy Kaplan: Out of SightCover Art for Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight. Art by Jesse Peng.

What is Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight? In short, it’s an audio detective drama taking place in the far-flung cyberpunk future, featuring Roy Kaplan, our titular private investigator, burglar, and psychic. Over the course of Out of Sight, Roy solves all sorts of cases from robot murder to phony psychic scams to petty theft by talking to ghosts and breaking into places he probably shouldn’t be going.

I’ve teamed up with Tiny Lunar Dragon Studios, which is currently running the podcasts Ultimate Tier List and Floodgate. They’re helping to bring in voice talent, music, and sound design to make my scripts real, and we expect to have a 12-episode season that will launch in mid-2022. I’m really excited to get this one out there for everyone to listen to.

That’s everything you need to know if you’re just interested in the podcast release information, but if you want to know more about the backstory on Roy Kaplan, read on!

Two years of fountain pens!

Happy November 1st! In case you don’t know, the first Friday of November (today!) is Fountain Pen Day, and incidentally, two years ago on this day, I got my first fountain pen and ink–the ever-reliable Pilot Metropolitan and Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku.

a bottle of turquoise ink, a swatch card, and a black fountain penIroshizuku Ku-Jaku and my first Pilot Metropolitan. How far I’ve come…

So if I’m going to talk about fountain pens, why not today?

Media Review – May 2019

Hello! My summer has been extremely busy, so this (and the next two posts) are extremely overdue, but here we are! I haven’t had much time to play games lately, but I have read a lot of books, so let’s talk about that.

Books: The Dain Curse; A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window; Howl’s Moving Castle; Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency; The Magic Thief: Home

Comics: Rice Boy, Order of Tales, Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro

Let’s begin.

Media Review – April 2019

Here we are once again. It’s been real hectic lately with the summer coming in, so let’s talk about what I read and played in April.

Books: Guns at Cyrano’s; How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe; Farewell, My Lovely

Games: Shift Quantum, Dead Cells

Let’s jump right in.