Living on Purpose: Powered By a Healthy Body

By GBGames, on May 9th, 2012%

In Habitually Living on Purpose, I mentioned how I am focusing on habits this year in an attempt to live according to my Life on Purpose statement: My Life on Purpose is a joyful life of freedom, continuous learning, encouraged and supported creativity, insatiable curiosity, and prolific creation, driven by passion and a desire for . . . → Read More: Living on Purpose: Powered By a Healthy Body

Did You Know The IGDA Has a Healthcare Plan?

By GBGames, on March 9th, 2012%

Back in 2009, the International Game Developers Assocation (IGDA) announced the launch of the IGDA Healthcare Program.

When I became a full-time indie game developer, I was going to lose my employer-provided insurance, so I turned to the IGDA’s program to get coverage instead of trying to find my own insurance on my . . . → Read More: Did You Know The IGDA Has a Healthcare Plan?

The End of the World

By GBGames, on May 21st, 2011%

According to some people, the rapture is scheduled to occur today, with the end of the world to follow shortly. I don’t normally write about religion or politics on this blog, but I’ll relate a story I was told in high school that really impacted me. I am probably remembering parts of it wrong, but . . . → Read More: The End of the World

The Perils of the Sedentary Indie

By GBGames, on February 24th, 2011%

A week before I fly to San Francisco for my first GDC, I visited my family back in Chicago for the weekend. My plan was to go back to Des Moines Sunday evening so I can spend the next week preparing for the conference.

It’s now Day 6 of that weekend due to a pulled . . . → Read More: The Perils of the Sedentary Indie

Where Good Ideas Come From

By GBGames, on October 4th, 2010%

I’ve been reading about intelligence and learning, and I was fascinated with the idea that the conscious mind can sometimes get in the way of full-brain thinking. If you’re reading a textbook for class, for instance, you might read in order, word for word, trying to analyze and memorize and understand everything as you go. . . . → Read More: Where Good Ideas Come From