CURRENT MISSION

Make beautiful things, share them with the world, enjoy life.

ABOUT ME

I get immense satisfaction from creative pursuits, mostly writing, making board games and DJing - and that's what I spend most of my life doing.

Am attracted to passion and contrast, probably cause I find a pile of both in myself. But don't worry, I'm only mildly narcissistic :p

A big fan of being in the moment and happy to be out of my comfort zone, as long as it doesn't involve cavity searches.

PHILOSOPHY

I treasure the excitement of the present moment... appreciating the loveliness of the now, meeting people who spark my interest and getting to know them well.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I just love meeting people of different cultures. I travel a lot, both for work, and out of personal curiosity and interest and a big part of that enjoyment is meeting people.

Interests

Very much into making stuff - video games, board games, short stories... and the occasional splatter of oil paint. Balance all that thinky stuff with DJing and fencing and sporadic, but stupidly enjoyable meditation. I pay the bills (mostly) with my academic writing (philosophy/psychology of games and play).

Here's some stuff I've made:

In-Game [book]: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/game
Will Love Tear Us Apart [video game]: www.willlovetearusapart.com
Posthuman Saga [board game]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/posthuman-saga
Excavation Earth [board game]: http://kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/excavation-earth
Vengeance [board game]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/vengeance-2
Posthuman [board game]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/532062403/posthuman

• writing
• literature
• digital design
• meditation
• video games
• board games
• traveling
• world music
• kayaking
• fencing
• djing
• games
• game design
• fiction
• writing poetry
• electro
• immersive theatre

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything by Chan Wook-Park (Old Boy, Thirst, The Handmaiden etc), Paolo Sorrentino (Loro, L' Amico di Famiglia, La Grande Bellezza etc) or Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales) and Yorgos Lanthinos (Lobster, Dogtooth).

Music: Electro, World Music, Funk, Deep House, Downtempo, Trip-Hop, Grunge, Balkan, Rock 'n Surf.

Books: Borges, Atwood, Winterson, Murakami, Marquez, Kafka...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing to the top of Angkor Watt at sunrise... Fencing for Malta in the European championships...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Libya, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Malta, New Zealand, United States

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