Charles TanTactics Ogre — Why One of Japan’s Most Influential Games is a Polarizing Subject for Western FansAsk a Western Strategy Role-Playing Game (SRPG) fan what their favorite game in the genre is and chances are, they’ll answer Final Fantasy…11 min read·Mar 3, 2024----
Charles TanThe Board Game Purge — When You Have No Friends to Play WithI am currently in the process of giving away my board games. I love board games! Unfortunately I have no one to play them with. They are…2 min read·Feb 6, 2024----
Charles TanSkill RetentionFor a lot of people, they are aware that in order to become proficient at something, they need both study and practice. As we get older, we…2 min read·Apr 10, 2023----
Charles TanWhen Does the Hobby Honeymoon End?When starting a new hobby, some people are too focused on getting it “right” the first time, instead of experimenting and making mistakes…2 min read·Apr 3, 2023----
Charles TanThe $100.00 Fountain Pen Starter KitOne commonality I find between the mechanical keyboard community and the fountain pen community is that the “best” writing instrument is…6 min read·Mar 21, 2023----
Charles TanTranslation: Who is the Target Audience?Despite growing up in a multilingual country where code switching is part of daily routine, the first time I deliberated about translation…14 min read·Oct 19, 2022----
Charles TanMechanical Keyboards, Common Complaints, and the Reason Why Group Buys Exist (and Why They’re…The mechanical keyboard enthusiast community has a long history which is sadly undocumented publicly (although authors like ThereminGoat is…10 min read·May 23, 2021----
Charles TanA Framework to Determine Which Keycaps Fit Your Mechanical KeyboardWhether you bought a custom keyboard or a pre-built one, one of the things you can easily customize are the keycaps.8 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
Charles TanMechanical Keyboards: Nonfiction 2020Aggregating some of the best articles, essays, and reviews on mechanical keyboards.10 min read·Nov 29, 2020----
Charles TanProject Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z’s Hangar — 2020’s Best Science Fiction Film You’ve Never…It’s difficult to talk about film releases in 2020 when being able to watch a movie in theaters is, at best, a privilege, or at worst, a…4 min read·Nov 21, 2020----
