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Some kind of BioChalk clone.

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New post is up about what we're trying to protect with copyright (the goose is not protected)

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April 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I think you are all profit maximizers

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March 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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An article about fake solutions to real problems

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No Stolen Bases
Creative success must be built, not regulated. This idea is simple to agree to in principle but proves difficult to apply in practice. Creators in nearly every sector face a competitive environment…
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March 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I wrote about the birthright of small creators: productivity!

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The Happier Side of Productivity
Productivity should be seen as the birthright of the small studio. Instead, it has been neglected and creators have largely ceded these concerns to the kinds of people who attend investor relations…
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March 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Trying to get a little better at posting articles and also posting them *here*. This one is on publishing.

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December 23, 2024 at 4:14 AM
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I wrote about breakups

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Who Should Break Up?
Games companies seem to dissolve or get acquired, and so Embracer's announced breakup is a unique case for a company people already have strong opinions about. Embracer made a name for itself with a r...
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May 12, 2024 at 1:25 AM
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Follow up to the productivity article that focuses more on causes (and keeps closer to the word count)

Why is There a Productivity Problem in Gaming?(wordpress.com)
October 29, 2023 at 9:47 AM
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An article about a productivity problem in games

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Discoverability as a Productivity Problem
Gamers are less willing to subsidize inefficiency in game production than they have been in the past. This is a product of independent gaming's success which has resulted in more developers being supp...
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October 3, 2023 at 7:54 AM
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So playing this “Skyrim” game and I contract this ‘Sanguinis Vampiris’ nonsense or whatever

I go up in my room for 3 days and then come out all goth like.

Bethesda needs to realize I play games for escape, not to relive my teens
October 1, 2023 at 11:25 PM
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A perspective on the Unity price changes you will see nowhere else

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Unity Has Gone Too Far. Time to Go All the Way
Unity announced a price increase a couple days ago which has rightly enraged the developer community. While the seat price remains the same for all Unity licenses, the engine will now charge for uniqu...
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September 21, 2023 at 7:31 PM