Kyle Solomon

Writer and poet from Baltimore. Writing about games and storytelling; devoting my adult life to the strange, phantom intersection between smart and stupid.

📍 Baltimore, Maryland

Feature

Framing the Depths: An Archaeological Approach to Cinematography in The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow

Exploring horror through cinematographic techniques

Interview

Dungeons and Dragons and Therapy: An Interview With Dr. Megan Connell

Roleplaying and tabletop gaming as therapy

Review

Songs of Conquest: The Marsh Provides and So Does Lavapotion

The Marsh Provides. The Marsh Brings Life

Opinion

The Beginner's Guide: Video Games and The Death of Author

Can we know a creator through their work?

Opinion

Gore, Faces, and the Conundrum of Censorship

A brief look at the history of visual repulsion

Interview

Ship Talk: Interview With Streamer PhuzzyBond, Part 2

Join the crew for part 2 where we discuss dealing with racism, baking for relaxation, and even more Sea of Thieves

Interview

Ship Talk: Interview With Streamer PhuzzyBond, Part 1

Set sail with part 1 of our conversation about growing up in the Middle East, streaming, and of course, Sea of Thieves

Review

Not for Broadcast: Who Let the Theater Kids Loose?

Running a television station has never been so funny…and yet, so disturbing

Opinion

Liminality in the Halo Universe

The Truth and Reconciliation

Opinion

Sea of Thieves: Friendship, Folly, and Freedom

“Playing to win is a loss. Losing for fun is a win.”

Opinion

An Ode to Heroes of Might and Magic III

The classics never truly leave us

Review

Eastshade: Pace, Scale, and Beauty

Being an artist and living in a simple world evokes a sense of discovery akin to our everyday human experience

Feature

Shadowrun: Dragonfall is a Powerful Brew of Cyberpunk-Infused Magic

The power of indirect exposition and a cup of Turkish coffee