Almost everything I write is filled with easter eggs. This is part video game and part nod to the canon of literature that comes before us. I feel like literature is not only the story itself but everything that informs the story, and that’s a deep gift for readers.
I took a flash fiction class with Chad Simpson when my senior year of college. I wrote a flash fiction piece titled “I hate video games.”
We’re kicking off what we hope to be a regular feature on the Airship, contributor Q&As, with Brian Oliu. He wrote the wonderfully lyric non-fiction piece we launched with: “Goonies II”.
We think video games are literature, and so why shouldn't there be literature about video games? That's the question we're hoping to answer here. Read more.
