Westin Lee does not exist.
A short user guide-diving game.
Cage Match: The Last of Us versus Bioshock Infinite
I am PS3-less right now, so I cheated like a bitch and watched a marathon video of all the cutscenes and some gameplay from The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's new opus. I love Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3, and this game is easily on par, but with a wildly darker tone. I think I missed something in my choice of experience, unfortunately - I am less acquainted with the infected and their creepy Cordyceps-inspired fungus. Most of what is missing from this six hour video is ~9 hours of sneaking around and killing Infected and people. Execution I think the writing was particularly [...]
The World’s Simplest Guide to Awesome Travel
I am not a travel expert. That said, I have flown an average of twenty times a year for the past four years. I just moved from Los Angeles to Berlin, and travel has been on my mind a great deal. So, below is a list of five bits of advice that have made my travels easier and way more fun. This is advice I've personally tested, from a variety of sources, including (in one case!) my own twisted mind. This guide is perfect for business or personal travel, going somewhere on holidays or escaping forever. 5. Buy Exofficio Underwear Seriously, this underwear, which [...]
Attitude: The Key to Worldbuilding No One is Talking About
Back in the day I did a lot of improv comedy. It was super fun. One theater I played at had a specific philosophy - relationship, reveal, reaction - that was very different from the game-based improv I learned elsewhere. The cool thing about RRR was that you didn’t have to be the cleverest one on stage to be entertaining. Your honesty and the grounded scenework usually led to something funny. Build a relationship with the other players, someone drops a bomb, everyone works through it. Also at this theater, they had a pet peeve when building scenes. That pet peeve was ‘slightly pissed off’, [...]