This unwriting thing has been an interesting little experiment. It started with a backlog of iffy ideas that I wasn’t sure about, but also couldn’t bring myself to toss, so I decided to throw them up here as quick-and-dirty as possible. I didn’t have grand intentions, nor did I expect much from the results. If […]

Usually, I write a blog post by…well, by writing it. I’m going to try something new this time: I’m going to not write a post. Hell, I’m going to not write a whole bunch of them. Like other writers I admire, I always have a handful of ideas in the back of my mind that […]

Part of my Unwriting series. Prioritizing: you’ve heard it before. Time management gurus harp on it. Co-workers brag about saying no. Relationship counselors and wise spouses talk about picking battles. It’s all true, even if none of it is new. I’ve come to appreciate it more and more as I’ve gotten older, especially in my […]

Part of my Unwriting series. Precedent is a dangerous thing. Armed with the right web searches, you can easily find social security numbers, usernames and passwords, passport scans, board meeting minutes, and other sensitive information. The standard response is, “Those things were already exposed to the public on the internet.” We wrap ourselves in that […]

Part of my Unwriting series. I don’t think we have free will. I don’t know for sure, but I’m fairly confident. Sad but true. It’s an age old question of philosophy, and I don’t pretend to have anything new to add. I’m no philosopher or cognitive scientist or neuroscientist. God most certainly does not speak […]

Part of my Unwriting series. In our last episode, I thought about what it means when technology helps us reclaim so much of our time and energy. It’s one reason I feel so damn lucky to have such a good life. I’m healthy, secure, stable, confident, comfortable, challenged, engaged, and just plain happy, or at […]

Part of my Unwriting series. “Technology isn’t inherently good or evil, it’s just a tool.” We’ve all heard this before. We may quibble over individual cases, but most of us agree that it has at least a core of truth. I wonder if there’s a related corollary: “Technology doesn’t change us, it just makes us […]

Part of my Unwriting series. Time is worth more than money. Sorry, that’s a cliché, let me rephrase. I think far too many of us chronically overvalue our money and undervalue our time. This isn’t a new idea, of course, but it still makes me sad every time I see someone run all over town […]

Part of my Unwriting series. A debate has raged in the game industry for years. On one end, people like Chris Crawford and David Cage argue that storytelling is the highest calling for games, the only one that matters. On the other end, David Jaffe, Tadhg Kelly, and Roger Ebert insist that games’ strengths lie […]