{ "music": { "band": "Harder Wins", "tagline": "synthpunk · folkpunk · punk punk · cyber jazz · sad songs sung happy", "authorial": "One-person project. All of it.", "bandcamp": "https://harderwins.bandcamp.com", "harderwins": "https://harderwins.com", "albums": [ { "title": "Halfway There, Nowhere Near", "year": 2024, "url": "https://harderwins.com/halfway-there-nowhere-near/", "cover": "/img/htnn-cover.avif", "description": "Back to the synthpunk roots for another rowdy ride through the circuits. Mostly pretty fast and noisy, but it has some surprises, too." },{ "title": "Hi! Friends Across the Sea!", "year": 2023, "url": "https://harderwins.com/hi-friends-across-the-sea/", "cover": "/img/hfas-cover.avif", "description": "Split album with The Burgers. A friendship across the sea built on folk punk and angst. All Burgers songs written in Beijing, all Harder Wins songs written in Seattle." },{ "title": "Dubs for Weary Revolutionaries", "year": 2023, "url": "https://harderwins.com/dubs-for-weary-revolutionaries/", "cover": "/img/dubs-for-weary-revolutionaries-cover.avif", "description": "Dubs to ease the way, light the path, remove the obstacles. The struggle is long and ongoing. Get rest. Drink water." },{ "title": "Lockdown Drill", "year": 2022, "url": "https://harderwins.com/lockdown-drill/", "cover": "/img/lockdown-drill-cover.avif", "description": "Hard days call for harder wins. The result of 2+ years in various states of lockdown, poor health, and emotional distress. A resurgence of musical energy." },{ "title": "Instrumental Classics vol. One", "year": 2022, "url": "https://harderwins.com/instrumental-classics-vol-one/", "cover": "/img/instrumental-classics.avif", "description": "Instrumental Classics across many genres: hip hop, cyber jazz, lofi, chillstep, synthwave, dub, and more. Songs for getting things done." } ] }, "craft": { "subtitle": "Titanium anodizing. Knives. Pens. Skilltoys. Handmade EDC.", "authorial": "I put voltage through metal until it turns colors.", "instagram": "https://instagram.com/shawnr", "site_url": "https://shawnr.design" }, "archive": [ { "title": "Playable Character", "label": "essays / games / criticism", "hook": "An evergreen collection of essays about games, gaming, and what things mean. Featuring Shane Hinton and Shawn Rider hosting, this series explores a variety of topics ranging from chip tune thievery to Orcish love letters and everything in-between.", "year": "2011", "url": "http://playablecharacter.com/", "screenshot": "/img/playable-character.png" },{ "title": "GamesFirst!", "label": "publication / archive", "hook": "An independent games publication that ran for over a decade. Still up. Still special.", "year": "1998–2007", "url": "https://gamesfirst.com", "screenshot": "/img/gamesfirst.png" },{ "title": "exQorpse", "label": "net.art / e-literature", "hook": "A multiplayer word game where the other players were ghosts — and the rejection was scripted.", "year": "2005–2006 / archived 2026", "url": "https://exqorpse.com", "screenshot": "/img/exqorpse.png" },{ "title": "Two Stories for Anybody", "label": "e-literature / interactive", "hook": "A diptych of electronic literature built on randomness, tagging, and audience noise — performed live in Buffalo.", "year": "2006 / archived 2026", "url": "http://shawnr.com/two-stories/", "screenshot": "/img/two-stories.png" },{ "title": "Hour 720", "label": "game / MFA thesis", "hook": "A text-based zombie survival MMO — MFA thesis. Census-based procedural generation, dual health tracks, 30 days before the nuke.", "year": "2005–2006 / archived 2026", "url": "http://shawnr.com/hour720-game/", "screenshot": "/img/hour720.png" } ], "elsewhere": { "bandcamp": "https://harderwins.bandcamp.com", "github": "https://github.com/shawnr", "instagram": "https://instagram.com/shawnr", "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/shawnr.bsky.social", "closing": "Still here since 1996." }, "description": "Artful engineering since 1975." }