Making Fallout 1 and 2 Work Naturally With a Controller
How a request to play classic Fallout from a controller became native movement, camera control, remapping, a custom interface, and two tested Windows builds.
FalloutController Support
↗// Lab notebook
Notes from the workbench.
What I tried, what broke, and what I learned along the way.
I Built a File-Eating Tamagotchi
How an idea became DATA WRETCH: a Pip-Boy-green desktop pet named Cuppy that grows by safely eating unwanted files.
DATA WRETCHPython
↗Building QuestLog: Creating My Own Game Backlog Tracker
How a growing game library became a personal tracking app—and what I learned by building it with AI as a development partner.
QuestLogJavaScript
↗I Directed a Game Without Writing the Code: Making RUINS // dusk.exe with Claude
What it meant to lead the vision, testing, iteration, and release of a PSX-inspired browser game while Claude handled implementation.
RUINSClaude
↗My First Real IT Conference: TechMentor x Cybersecurity Live! 2026
What I learned about Windows Server, PowerShell, and the value of getting outside my bubble at TechMentor x Cybersecurity Live! 2026 at Microsoft HQ.
TechMentorCybersecurity
↗Welcome to Respawn Labs: Building the Workshop
How Respawn Labs went from an idea to a real website—and why I built it as a place to document games, technology, experiments, and everything I learn along the way.
Respawn LabsAstro
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