CoddCast

Depending on the generation and period in time, if you were speaking of an entertainer or show you might point out how they or it was "canceled." Long before the age of the internet and social media, this would simply mean there would be no more episodes of that show. Now, well into the age of social media, it essentially attempts the same thing. On it's functional level, someone or some group of individuals agreed for whatever reason, an aspect of media is to be prevented from continuing. A show's ratings are low and the investment in continuing more episodes no longer seems economically viable. An entertainer has gone against the grain of the zeitgeist- a similar fate is directed at the platform they utilize. In a so-called 'free market' and meritocratic system, this phenomina would seemingly occur on it's own as a function of eyeballs and demand. It would stand to reason the surviving media would appear to be of higher value either as entertainment or i...

Another very nuanced, but majorly important blog topic that will take a series to properly outline is the difference between True & Valid (or Facts). I've had some eye-opening realizations watching human behavior as a result of operating social media accounts with sizable followings. Seeing in real-time somebody incorrectly conclude something, and then utilize that faulty conclusion as the foundation for a series of responses.  In mathematics, while outlining valid manipulations to equations to take steps towards potential solutions, entry-level algebra will teach you that you can divide a value to one entire side of an equation so long as you repeat that exact process to the other side. So, for example, if you are attempting to solve 2x = 4x you might decide to divide both sides by 'x' and resulting in something that doesn't make any sense 2=4 or a false statement. Your parameters you were given were valid, as were apparently your steps. Up until this moment this p...

My first encounter with the notion of video game speed running was one of annoyance and disdain. I have a disposition for a strict adherence to following rules & order so when I saw complete disregard for the game designer's vision in exchange for an appearent cheapening of gaming it bothered me. Like that time an African village was given a set of iPads for education and they were just used as cutting boards.  As is the case with many situations online, making it through potentially misunderstood first impressions often pays off. As I dug deeper i discovered modding communities and game programmer challenges. These games I grew up playing, now being torn apart to their virtual atomic level and reimagined through the eyes of autism. I was hooked. This stuff was borderline, if not completely art. Creativity & true inspiration are my clickbait hooks and I found a new obsession. Creating games within games, creating new worlds as remixes of old ones- and documenting the proces...