Lex Joy
@aeneas-nin.bsky.social
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. Occasional game dev. Author of LEGEND OF THE RIVER KING (Boss Fight Books) and editor of FLAXMAN LOW: OCCULT DETECTIVE (MIT Press). He/him. alexanderbjoy.com
I'm quite proud of my recent monograph. It's an extended close reading of a game that Pokémon buried, which argues we'd be better off if this was the one that captured the world's imagination instead.
Legend of the River King
Release Date: TBDISBN: 978-1-940535-39-5240 pages Featuring a baseball-capped kid who leaves his tiny village for the wilds beyond to catch valuable creatures, Victor Interactive's 1998 Game Boy class...
bossfightbooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I'm quite proud of my recent monograph. It's an extended close reading of a game that Pokémon buried, which argues we'd be better off if this was the one that captured the world's imagination instead.
Hot damn, what a sentence.
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hot damn, what a sentence.
You might be the only person ever to have said that, lol.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
You might be the only person ever to have said that, lol.
I love impossibly specific nouns!
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I love impossibly specific nouns!
That is a mix I never knew I wanted. Like "The Colour Out of Space," but from an animal perspective. Love it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
That is a mix I never knew I wanted. Like "The Colour Out of Space," but from an animal perspective. Love it.
Thank you for the encouragement! I've started with digital sketching.
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thank you for the encouragement! I've started with digital sketching.
My new year's resolution was going to be "learn how to draw bugs," but this has inspired me to start sooner.
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My new year's resolution was going to be "learn how to draw bugs," but this has inspired me to start sooner.
Absolutely. Still have my contact info?
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Absolutely. Still have my contact info?
Carolina is averaging one point per INT. Absolutely juiceless offense.
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Carolina is averaging one point per INT. Absolutely juiceless offense.
That was genuinely a great moment, though.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
That was genuinely a great moment, though.