Author

Joe Portes

Joe Portes is a writer of fiction, essays, and humor.  He teaches Creative Writing at SUNY Adirondack. His short stories appear or are forthcoming in the Indianola Review, Funny in Five Hundred, Pitkin Review, and Z-Platt. Joe loves all genres of video games, movies, and TV as well as comedy podcasts, battle rap, and complicated board games. You can follow him @JoePorte and check out his site, JoePortes.com for more info.

Games

Symphony of the Machine: PSVR Review

Joe Portes
The first thing you should know is that I love a good puzzle; furthermore, I'm a sucker for games with a laser reflecting mechanic. Not that long ago, I desperately wanted the board game Khet, but couldn't find anyone IRL with enough…
Games

Horizon Zero Dawn Review: A GOTY Contender

Joe Portes
Game: Horizon Zero Dawn Developer: Guerilla Games Publisher: Sony Console: PS4 (Reviewed) Release Date: February 28, 2017 Alright, let's just get this out of the way up front: I think, and a lot of my colleagues agree, that Horizon Zero…
News

Robots to Help You Parent are Coming in 2017

Joe Portes
You can ask any parent and you're likely to get the same response: sometimes they're too damn tired perform, and it certainly is a performance, their kid's favorite book for the one-hundredth time. Or perhaps their day isn't going too well…
Tech

How To Live Smarter with IFTTT

Joe Portes
For a year now, I've been seeing the abbreviation "IFTTT" pop up all over the internet. I had no idea what this meant and assumed it was new slang that I wasn't cool or young enough to know. I frequently found myself wondering, "what is…