Newsletter
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Break the Monoculture
To save games, we have to build new local ecosystems The games industry is in crisis. Last year 10% of developers were laid off, while startup…
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The GDC 2026 Notebook
The [Save Game] newsletter is back! After TinyLetter shut down I took a hiatus, but people keep asking me to bring it back, so here is…
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Next Era
After the unfortunate closing of TinyLetter this newsletter has been on pause until I find a suitable replacement service. I’m very grateful for the readers who…
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Poinpy GOTY 2022
Poinpy is my 2022 Game Of The Year. As a mobile game available to anyone with a Netflix login, most people could be playing Poinpy within…
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Changing Frame of Mind
Long time no see! When spring rolled around I got caught up in wedding season (so many BEAUTIFUL grooms and brides finally tied the knot this…
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Wandering Above a Sea of Fog
Another month is here! The world sure does keep on spinning, doesn’t it? In addition to everything going on, you know, out there in the world,…
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Loving the Obtuse
I pay my rent by mailing a check every month. Being the first month of a new year, January is a risky time; I almost always…
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2021 Newsletter Recap
Happy New Year! I am typing this from chilly Colorado, where I have been staying with my family for the holidays. The air is apocalyptically dry,…
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Good Goomba
If I could ask Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago, or Kazuaki Morita about any one single thing, it would be: Goomba. I do not know…
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What Does Metroid Taste Like?
Whoa, it’s the end of October. I started this as a New Years resolution back in January, and I guess there are only two more of…