Constitutional Republic.

This post is completely off topic in terms of video games but I believe it is important.  I just wanted to remind everyone that the United States of America is not a democracy.  It never was a democracy and never was intended to be a democracy.  It is a constitutional republic that has a democratic [...]

What is wrong with losing?

I don’t understand why it is so unappealing to lose. Losing tells you a lot more about yourself than winning does. Winning tells you that you won. I do think a little bit about why I won, what I did correctly to beat this other player but really it just tells me [...]

Things that are games to me.

I find that I naturally enjoy making life into a game. I’ll give examples
I’ll go to someones house and if they have a bunch of objects on a table I will wait until they leave the room and I’ll re-arrange them to see if they notice. Or I’ll replace objects with other objects [...]

This is Bullshit

Yes, Bullshit with a capital B.
Do you realize of all the elected government representatives there are only a handful of decent humans serving. You’d think that stand-up decent individuals are in high demand for this field. Or maybe they enter the political realm wanting to do good and the right thing and end [...]

First Marathon Game Design Session.

I set out to make 10 games and unfortunately I only made 5. I do have notes on the other 5 games I was thinking of making but I simply did not manage time and focus as well as I should have. I probably should have had more planning for this event. Next time should [...]

Marathon Game Design

I am going to be embarking on a quest to complete 10 different card games by Monday at 12am. Each game will have to be made with between 25 and 200 index cards, packaged with a completed rule-sheet/instructions and be 100% ready for play testing. I have other homework to do but I [...]

Interested in Independent Game Development

Independent game development seems to be more and more attractive to me. I’d enjoy making choices on a more frequent basis. The challenge is going to difficult but fun as hell. Especially considering the other Dark Roof Designers. I’ve been listening to a lot of Frank Zappa recently, I found an [...]