Recent content by The Leftist

Hey, thanks. Hopefully the judges agree with you.

I was thinking about coming in and giving my two cents, but after skimming the thread, I see that every angle has already been beaten to death. So I'll just say that happy endings and sad endings and bittersweet and completely depressing endings all have a place, and it would be boring if they...

Here's my submission. As fiction, I realize that even if anyone likes it, it doesn't stand a chance; fiction will always lose to visual mediums in competitions like these. But screw that, I'm submitting something anyway. It's a simple story told in a simple style reminiscent of the simple style...

<spoiler=Literature entry>Considerations When I fall, I will probably feel the sharp spikes of freezing wind against my face. It is night, and I am considering my jump from the rail in front of me. I consider what has brought me to this point. I consider the day I was fired. The cold eyes of...

It isn't possible to create in a vaccuum. Great ideas are extensions of things that came before, whether someone realizes it or not. For example, did you know that the first FPS, Wolfenstein 3D, actually took its name and concept from a little known stealth-action series from the early '80s? It...

Pretty bad. It doesn't adopt the mature, emotionally disengaged perspective required for serious writing, causing the author's outrage to taint the work. Griefer's portrayal is extremely dehumanized and unrealistic; the story doesn't take into account the things that caused him to be the way he...