Waking Hours
What is Happiness?
I've been asking myself that question a lot lately. I've been in a bit of a funk, to be honest. I'm a CRNA and have been doing anesthesia for seven years ias of May 2026 and will have been an RN for twenty years
Waking Hours
I've been asking myself that question a lot lately. I've been in a bit of a funk, to be honest. I'm a CRNA and have been doing anesthesia for seven years ias of May 2026 and will have been an RN for twenty years
Waking Hours
On audiobooks, winter nights, and rediscovering a lifelong love of stories.
Digital Dreams
This week, I muse on games, streaming, and people.
Digital Dreams
The ARC Raiders streamer war is over, and we can finally play again.
Digital Dreams
ARC Raiders’ early solo community is forming its own unspoken rules.
Digital Dreams
Tron. No Man’s Sky. Piano lessons. On soundtracks, starships, and starting new things.
Digital Dreams
It’s funny how your taste in games changes as you get older.
Thoughts, stories and ideas.
My cousin and I were talking the other day about an unusual quirk I have with games - I'll come back to them. To the exceptional ones, anyway. I still play Titanfall 2 from time to time. I'll go in little spurts where I fall in
One of my favorite moments in the life of any multiplayer game is when it first launches. There are no grand strategies, no meta. Just chaos as a bunch of strangers have to learn the game's systems and figure out viable strategies. Those first few weeks, when everyone
Hello! My name is Rodger Oren a.k.a. "tyrus" or "sai tyrus." I'm a lifelong gamer and geek. This is Hexed & Haberdashery, my blog where I'll talk about life, games, music, and tabletop RPGs. You can subscribe if you'