https://alandove.com/tags/hobbies/ Recent content in Hobbies on Alan Dove, Ph.D. Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Alan Dove Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:10:00 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2025/now-a-shorter-story/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:10:00 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2025/now-a-shorter-story/ Another editor allowed my fiction into their publication, this time a very short story (under 1,000 words) in Nature: Futures, the prestigious scientific journal’s flash fiction column. https://alandove.com/posts/2025/published-fiction-author/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:27:00 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2025/published-fiction-author/ In the Fall 2025 issue of the online speculative fiction magazine ‘Electric Spec,’ there’s a short story called ‘Half Lives.’ It’s my first published fiction, and I think I might do some more of this. https://alandove.com/posts/2024/diversity-is-a-survival-issue/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:09:00 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2024/diversity-is-a-survival-issue/ Whether you’re a radio club, a university, or a biome, you can’t afford monoculture. https://alandove.com/posts/2023/boss-fights-why-making-games-is-so-hard/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:14:01 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2023/boss-fights-why-making-games-is-so-hard/ Two books explore the alluring but pathological business of game development. https://alandove.com/posts/2013/2013-12-19-playing-video-games-with-my-kid/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://alandove.com/posts/2013/2013-12-19-playing-video-games-with-my-kid/ Modern parents have a fraught relationship with video games. The popular view, at least among many parents I’ve talked to, is that these games are harmful and that we’re supposed to feel guilty about letting our children play them. High-profile violent titles like the Grand Theft Auto series feed this perception, even though those games are clearly identified as being for adults only. Not everyone subscribes to the “video games are a barely tolerable evil” view, though.