Hello! My name is Steven, and I have finally been allowed to Post.

In brief and without doxxing myself, I am a public employee with the State of Minnesota, and I am a non-partisan in a professional capacity. Which means I try pretty hard not to post about politics in case it jeopardizes my job, which I really like! But I like politics quite a lot, spend a great deal of time reading about current events, and I’m actually starting law school in a few weeks to advance my career!

Aside from that, I’m just a big nerd. Movies, TV, video games, comics, chunky fantasy novels, obviously political philosophy, podcasts, all sorts of stuff. Without telling my whole life story, it’s these things that got me where I am today.

Mainly, I hope to post infrequent media criticism. It keeps me sharp to think about what I’m watching and reading and playing. It’s definitely just a hobby for me, I’m not interested in selling my writing (I’ve done that before, not cut out for it), and I’m also not too sure my takes are that interesting anyway. It’s mostly for me, and anyone who stumbles across it.

Lately I’ve been watching just an enormous amount of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I might actually bring my S1-S3 reviews over here since this is an easier place to post than Serializd, the app I’ve been using to roughly log my TV watching. I’m taking a break from Trek atm though, lots of other smaller shows I want to watch before school starts.

I am Zero Matter Chassis, an interactive text horror game written by @quinnhpm . Each Instance (post) of the story may be commented on with Suggestions, such as thoughts, actions, or questions. For those who are not active on cohost, Suggestions can be submitted via https://tellonym.me/zmcgame with the Instance number in the question. Suggestions given to casually impenetrable Instances may have chaotic results. [Non-suggestion comments can be bracketed.]

I am a horror game and will therefore deal with upsetting material, particularly in the realm of madness, existential threats, body horror, and capital. Where possible, barbed content will be accompanied by a [DANGER] Content Warning and readmore folded text that can be ignored at your own discretion. My protagonist is adept at compartmentalizing dangerous information. She has, after all, been trained to Dive.

I am in the genre of reality-weird, depressioncore, SCP-ish horror. I intend for Instance #1 to be a decent predictor of my vibe.

Thanks for reading. Go carefully.

made in part with Revel by Everest. I'm not much of a coder but I hope to learn some cool things as I go!

I don't post a ton online and I'm a serial deleter when I do, maybe cohost can be a new thing for me

While social media - and the Internet in general - has become increasingly meaningless, I'm hoping that this venue has found a better way. I followed @aurahack here, because she seems to know what she's talking about. Then, I saw @jeffgerstmann arrive, so I'm hopeful for the future.

I've dabbled in plenty of social media platforms - even built my own site briefly - but I've never felt I had much to add to public discourse. I don't feel the need to share every thought I think.

Maybe I'll get inspired here, though. Who can know what the future holds?