Clips

Over the years, I’ve written about a broad range of topics, from health and  finance, to gaming and home design. Feel free to browse the following links to get a taste of some of my favorite works over the years*. (Or check out my blog, which offers up-to-the-date info on where and when my work will appear.)

*While I’d love to post clips of everything I’ve ever written, certain contractual limitations and copyright laws prohibit me from doing so. (That’s also why certain publications seem over-represented here, while others don’t appear in this list at all.) If you’re curious about my other work, please don’t hesitate to email me!

One last thing: Please don’t re-post or reprint the below articles without my or my editors’  written permission. Doing so is illegal. It also makes you kind of a jerk. So please, don’t do it.

Finance and Investment

• “MLPs: Profit in the Pipelines?” - Hard Assets Investor
• “Dipping Into The Rice Bowl” - Hard Assets Investor
• “Uranium Update” - Hard Assets Investor
• “Pollution Is Good Business” - Hard Assets Investor
• “Cocoa Hits Its Sweet Spot” - Hard Assets Investor
• “Helium: Investing in the Loner Element” - Hard Assets Investor

The Gaming Industry

• “Virtual Jihadi: Terrorism, Censorship and Videogames in Upstate New York” - 1up.com (*Chosen for 5 Years: Best of 1up collection)
• “Escaping Katrina” - The Escapist, August 8, 2006 (*Chosen for semi-annual “Best Of” issue)
• “Searching for Gunpei Yokoi” - The Escapist, March 6, 2007 (*Chosen for semi-annual “Best Of” issue)
• “Chasing D&D: A History of RPGs” - 1up.com (*Chosen for 5 Years: Best of 1up collection)
• “Coming Home” - Gamers With Jobs, January 11, 2008
• “Altars” - Gamers With Jobs, January 16, 2009
• “Choose Your Own Adventure: The Past, Present and Future of Interactive Fiction” - 1up.com, originally published in Games for Windows #12, Nov. 2007. See also “The Short, Happy Life of Infocom” (July 25, 2006) and “Textual Pleasure: Parsing the Annual IF Competition” (May 1, 2007), for The Escapist

Home Design/Living

• “In Good Hands: Local Furniture Makers” - City Newspaper, October 3, 2007 (Part of Home Design 2007, which I edited)

The Green Movement

• “Gaming Green” - 1up.com, originally published in Games for Windows #15, Feb. 2008
• “Dreaming of a Green Christmas” - City Newspaper, November 21, 2007
• “Easy Being Green” - City Newspaper, October 3, 2007 (Part of Home Design 2007, which I edited)

Health & Medicine

• “This Is Your Brain on Smart Drugs” - The Escapist, March 18, 2008
• “West Virginia’s Health Revolution” - The Escapist, May 29, 2007
• “Playing Through the Pain: Treating PTSD With Virtual Reality” - The Escapist, November 7, 2006
• “Working Out… Outdoors” - City Newspaper, January 2, 2008

Pop Culture

• Preview of Risk: Black Ops - Gamers With Jobs
• “Resident Evil’s Second Sex” - The Escapist, May 8, 2007
• “The Bird’s the Word” - City Newspaper, September 19, 2007
• “Pimp Your Grill” - City Newspaper, June 27, 2007
• “Zombie Portraits” - City Newspaper, December 6, 2006

Humor/”Slice of Life”

• “Wax on the Arm” - Gamers With Jobs, February 27, 2009
• “My Big Fat Geek Wedding” - The Escapist, June 24, 2008
• “Passing the Torch” - Gamers With Jobs, July 28, 2006
• “Maajh, Ladies” - The Escapist, December 19, 2006

Science and Technology

• “Space Banana to Soar Over Texas” - Wired.com, January, 29 2007
• “Mind Over Matter: The Man and The Machine” - The Escapist, January 9, 2007
• “Hubble Spots Faint Stars” - Astronomy.com, September 20, 2006
• “Amateurs Recover SuitSat’s Signal” - Astronomy.com, February 17, 2006
• “A Cold Surprise” - Astronomy.com, November 21, 2005

Rochester Community

• “Rochester’s Lost Underground Railroad” - City Newspaper, September 26, 2007
• “ROCWIKI: A Wiki To Build A Village” - City Newspaper, May 15, 2007
• “Character Study: Know Your Local Preservation Districts” - City Newspaper, April 30, 2008