There was a lot of crying and hugging at GDC last year

It’s hard to isolate the changes you experience each year at GDC. Is the experience different because I’m different or is the industry, itself, different? GDC is a cross-section of our lives, passions, hobbies, and vocation– same time, every year. Every year, I get to serve the industry alongside the industry, and even after a … Continue reading →

Reviewing Cookie Clicker is Probably the Only Way to Stop Playing

Like the Candy Box game, there’s a somewhat absurdly deep narrative embedded in these overly straightforward game mechanics. The premise is always very simple (like clicking a cookie to bake a cookie), and, before you know it, you start attracting alien cookie parasites. Anyhow, I’m reviewing it, because, games like these, you can leave running … Continue reading →