2026 June 28
It's a bit belated of me, but the MetConst Contest hack list has been updated once again. The new information this time includes:
- The last Halloween contest (several months ago)
- The Ambureon hack showcase (just ended)
- The Ocean Ruins contest (ongoing)
Also, I put an asterisk next to Cryogenesis to indicate that (after nearly 5 years) it has received a major update. People are saying it's an all-timer now!
Ambureon got to play my most recent hack for their showcase last night, but I won't be releasing it until the Ocean Ruins contest ends. Please understand. :)
2026 April 28
For the second time, I have appeared on a podcast and talked about ZZT! This time it was with the lovely folks a DOS Game Club. Give it a listen!
Each month, the folks at DOS Game Club play a game together, then they gather some people up to record a show. I joined their forum in February to for ZZT month, and somehow got wrapped in the mix. Besides the usual host, Tijn, I was a joined by my friend Dr. Dos (curator of the Museum of ZZT) and carbontwelve (a DOS Game Club regular). In the end, I think the episode turned out pretty good -- I was even able to tolerate the sound of my own voice enough give it a proper listen-to!
Anyhow, having now been a podcast guest twice, that provided me enough motivation to give the Works section a minor facelift. Both podcasts are listed there, along with my entry to the recent SMS Power coding compo.
Speaking of which, the results are finally ready! My entry didn't score very highly, but in the end I'm satisfied with my placement.
2026 April 21
A few days ago I had a hankering to answer some questions, so I solicted some from some fellows from the Insert Credit forums. You can read my answers in this here mailbag in the About section. It's a smaller mailbag than usual, but I was desperate.
Speaking of the About section, I added the first/last names for all the other characters (well, at least for the characters that have them). I plan on making subpages for those characters eventually, but not quite yet. Please understand.
2026 April 11
A friend of the show and Samantha Arantes super-fan, Cera Sizzle, made some art of herself cosplaying as me! I am immensely, immensely flattered by this.
You can find the picture on the Received Art page in the Works section.
2026 April 1
Oh wow! A new quarter already!?
Well, it's the day of fools, but I don't have any foolish wares to hawk today. I intended, some weeks ago, to have a bizarre ZZT "demo" ready as a joke, but I never started on it (no I'm not going to spoil the idea, sorry).
Anyhow, we have two actual updates for today (relatively minor):
I made a thing for the 2026 Coding Competition on SMS Power: RT's Last Minute Demo. It's nothing too impressive -- it's just some code I dusted off from last year -- but hopefully it's a harbinger of more homebrew to come. I don't have a section for it on the Works page quite yet, but I've been meaning to give that a good old reorganization for a while...
My friend neen made a site, and I put it in the Links section. It's called brain garbage. I think that site will be what you neen, as they say.
That's all for now. :)