Marco Craine is a small-time writer, CGI hobbyist and cynical optimist who likes shiny spaceships, happy little birds and strictly black coffee (although an occasional cup of tea is just fine).

In spite of his keen interest in Western philosophy and the human condition in general, he has yet to figure out why people can't just chill out and be nice to each other for once. He sometimes entertains the Cartesian notion that reality is just an unusually persistent illusion created by an advanced civilization of extraordinarily unlikeable trolls.