Despite something less than critical acclaim and reports of a painful creative and development process, I enjoy the video game Anthem. Like, a bunch. I think the core flight and fight experience is great! I hold out hope that a future version will be published.

To illustrate the way I’d direct the next iteration, I’ve written up a piece of short (3500 word) fan fiction. Read the first installment. Please note I claim no copyright for this piece of work. Generally speaking, I want to get paid for everything I write, but sometimes inspiration cannot be denied.

I’ve also developed a document capturing design principles and initial requirements for a proposed redesign of Anthem. Let me stress again I have no relationship with EA or Bioware. I’m just the kind of crazy person who can’t get ideas out of my head until I document them in some way or another.