I Am A Camera

The personal journal of author and photographer Jason Pettus

Minecraft: Lush Cave Inc. part 1: A new adventure begins.

January 20, 2022

In which I abandon my previous Minecraft story to start this new one, which in the brand-new v1.18 has all kinds of cool new breathtaking things to see and do

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 10: The terraforming makeover of my ranch.

October 12, 2021

Part 10 of my new Minecraft storytelling campaign, in which I terraform my ranch and pasture using lots of decorative items and interesting hacks

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 09: My first-ever automated crop fields.

October 3, 2021

Part 9 of my new Minecraft storytelling campaign, in which I embrace the use of electricity-carrying 'redstone' in order to automate mass farming

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 08: A survival ranch home is born.

September 20, 2021

Part 8 of my new Minecraft storytelling campaign, in which I build out my “survival house,” start my animal pasture, improve my industrial ranch, and tame a bunch of horses

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 07: My Lewis & Clarking weekend, journal and photos.

September 13, 2021

Part 7 of my new Minecraft storytelling campaign, in which I finally have a free weekend to get super-high, pack my digital camping gear, and travel to the far edges of my known world for exotic resources

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 06: My Lewis & Clarking weekend is ON.

September 11, 2021

Part 6 of my new Minecraft storytelling campaign, in which I finally have a free weekend to get super-high, pack my digital camping gear, and travel to the far edges of my known world for exotic resources

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 05: A glass ceiling for my new tree orchard.

August 22, 2021

Part 5 of my new Minecraft storytelling campaign, in which in the tradition of Victorian industrialists I bend nature to do my will

Ask An Editor: Does “Americana” have a negative connotation?

June 25, 2021

In which an editor explains to English as a Second Language students the loaded history of this nostalgic term

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 04: Greetings from v1.17.

June 14, 2021

Part 4 of my newest storytelling project, in which we resume my roleplaying of an adventurer and industrial-farming tycoon but now with the brand-new cool stuff of version 1.17

Minecraft Enderman Ranch 03: My first rough-riding trip, and a 1.17 programming note.

June 5, 2021

Part 3 of my new Minecraft storytelling campaign, in which I go on my first “rough ride” camping trip to secure exotic goods and open trade relations