​I am the versatile professional writer and editor with equal talent in writing dialogue, planning cinematics, and writing game design documentation.

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Like art, writing is an extremely pure form of expression with nothing to disguise the level of its quality. Like design, good writing is invisible to the player—they just get to enjoy it—but bad writing (and bad design) will destroy an experience. I'm privileged to be a writer in this industry because it contributes in enormous ways to a project. Not only does good writing provide life and depth to the obvious elements like character lore, world backstory, or the moment-to-moment dialogue in a game, but also it contributes to the real-world communications of the development team. Good writers contribute to the pitches, the presentations, the documentation, the marketing, the management, and even the code of good games. Writing is about reaching your audience, and it's a rare person who can communicate well across all media. I have the experience to do just that.



In addition, I have edited multiple publications for the web and print, and I am thrilled to have been a proofreader for Edmonton's On Spec magazine for over seven years. At the bottom of this page you will find samples of my most recent game-related writings, though you can also find my written work at the following locations on the web.



* www.teamlivefire.com - Chronicling the trials of my final project team at Vancouver Film School.

* www.gamerant.com - In-depth games industry news and reviews. I wrote some articles here.

* ikesgamingblog.blogspot.com - My personal blog covering my time as a game design student.

* www.unnatural20.squarespace.com - My fallow tabletop RPG blog focused on monster/encounter design.

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