I've finally released "The Mediocre Programmer" to the world. This is a project that I started in 2018 after a year of unemployment and the many interviews that happened during that process. I felt that other developers might be helped by knowing that they're not somehow defective in their journey …
read moreGame Design: Respect, Acceptance, and Admiration
I've been thinking about the reasons why I wanted to become a game designer. I grew up in an era when arcade machines were plentiful and ubiquitous, and the home video game experience could be had in media like cartridges, cassettes, and floppy disks. I looked forward to magazines like …
read moreDesigning a Well Lived Life: Checking In (April 2020)
Checking in for April for my "Designing a Well-Lived Life" blogging. This is about making small changes during the year to make larger changes.
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Dropping expectations: Had some success with this, but didn't really practice this as much.
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Physical Health: Not much focus here. We have taken some walks but …
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Game Design Books: an observation
Last night I was leafing through my collection of game design books. I got addicted to game design books in the hopes that one or more of these would give me some insight into the process of game design. These books are like flypaper for novice game designers like myself …
read moreOdds and sods
This is just a mental dump of what's on my mind at the moment. I don't expect anyone to read this, but if you do I thank you in advance. I literally have no idea where this post will lead.
I've been thinking a lot lately about game design and …
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