This weekend I attended the online version of Metatopia 2020. Metatopia a multi-day event (this year it started on Thursday and went until Sunday) centered around tabletop game design, development, and appreciation. I recognized many names from Google+ (RIP) and found the whole experience refreshing and energizing. The most important …

I've mentioned before about making space for new and different things on this blog. That's been a topic that has been foremost on my mind. I've been reviewing things that I thought were true and holding them up to see if they are still true. This got me thinking about …

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 …

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 …

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 …