My name is Samantha Norin I am an amateur writer, with a bachelor’s degree in Library and information science . Besides my LiS research, have I also studied popular culture and media analysis. This website currently functions as a hub for my various projects and ideas.
Here you will find everything from D&D modules to deep dives into the underlying themes of famous shows and book series. Under the tab essays can you find a collection of all the essays and analytical texts I have written on specific topics.
Under publications can you find everything I have written that is not available on the website, and lastly do I have a specific area where I put all my short form fiction, not available anywhere else.
Latest content
The strange, fully functioning phasing of Ratchet and Clank 1
Ratchet and Clank 1 shares a lot of the same quirks as the first Crash Bandicoot game, created by the teams contemporaries, that of being the first. There is a sense of being on uncertain grounds and throwing everything at the wall. The player is thrown between rail grinding, shooting and puzzles within the first…
Rage bait, stop feeding the trolls
Poes law stats that there is no way to know if a radical standpoint is an expression of a genuine belie, or irony in the absence of clear signifiers. Likewise would I argue that it today is impossible to determine if a volatile or radical editorial or article is written in good faith, or for…
Tactility: Creating art with digital mediums
Introduction I have worked with many writing tools through my life as a writer and a creator. From simple text editors to complex creative suites for making layouts and workshopping ideas. In many ways does the tools we use shape our work flow, for better or for worse, in other ways our use changes the…
An Unused Frequency 