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2025 Annual Review
I'm starting this review four days into January because while it's true that I'm so busy with all of my responsibilities in life, I have allowed myself to give into comfort for mos...
Takeaways From Capybara GO
Capybara GO is a cute but evil, dark pattern-filled system-bloated dopamine-carousel mobile game. Here are some of the most valuable takeaways from my two weeks spent playing. Cent...
2024 Annual Review
My 36th year on Earth, as always, did not go as expected. I learned in September that we are with child. My son is due mid-May. He was a surprise for us. :} I lived the same lifest...
Remembering My Grandparents
Remembering In early August, my grandfather (95) and grandmother (87) died on the same day: he, cancer, and she, cerebrovascular disease. I called him Nonno (Non for short, Italian...
2023 Annual Review
"I might as well copy-paste last year's Annual Review..." Of course, even last year I thought the same thing. "A tiger doesn't change its stripes," and now in my 35th year, it's ap...
Worklust
I like to work. I like to produce results, to progress wherever possible, to optimize and be efficient. If I'm driving solo in the car, I'm listening to web dev podcasts. If I'm wo...
2022 Annual Review
(shuffling papers) Pandemic, war, Musk buys Twitter, artificial intelligence... Humanity has certainly had an eventful year. Now age 34, here's how 2022 was for me. What went well ...
Noita Review
Every good game starts the player off with the basics and gradually introduces new systems through gameplay. I liken this to a baby learning how to sit up, then crawl, then stand, ...
2021 Annual Review
33, you're on your way, every day's a new day. - 100 Years Well, here's how my thirty-third year on Earth went. 2020 annual review here. What went well this year? Violet. Our litt...
2020 Annual Review
I began writing this late December but opted to wait until our baby was born to finish it. This is being posted on January 15th, 2021. 2019 review here. "2020's here, it's a brand ...
Marosia Design Analysis (2020)
Estimated reading time: 14 minutes. Today I'll be analyzing the game Marosia. I'm developing a game like Marosia. (see here) This is an update on the original "teardown". The game ...
2019 Annual Review
Each year, I look back at the previous year's annual review and note that things didn't go as planned. For some reason I am always surprised, but this time it's a little painful, t...
Die2nite Teardown
Estimated reading time: 15 minutes, 3 seconds. Experienced players should skip to the Ethics section. From there, estimated time: 9 minutes, 4 seconds. A teardown is a document th...
2018 Annual Review
Another year in the books and I'll be using James Clear's review format as inspiration for my own Annual Reviews. This year was a busy one for me, but unfortunately not my best. Wh...