game center mfa '27 | former middle school teacher | programming squad @ geeks out | victorian history, ducks & frogs | they/them 🏳️‍⚧️

Storyteller about storytellers. 18th century to today & beyond. J.W.Liles Prof of English Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance) ecfriedman.com (free) patreon.com/ecfriedman

Game designer (Sin Eater, The CryptID Show, psych: the ttrpg) • Dark Souls 2 apologist • muay thai freak • almost pathologically obsessed with Age of Origins mobile ads