Games can be both hypnotic and reflective, providing opportunities for players to analyze their experiences and improve their skills through self-reflection.

Games serve as an aesthetic form of thinking and doing, enabling players to pursue goals, solve problems, and understand systems in an engaging way.

Addictive behaviors can be harnessed for positive outcomes, such as using game mechanics to encourage physical activity and healthier habits.

I aim to create games that absorb players into an activity while also allowing them to reflect on their engagement and the nature of their goals.

Status games are inherently limited and combative, while wealth creation can be a positive-sum game where everyone can benefit; wealth creation games are more pleasant and have concrete material returns, unlike status games which are vague and fuzzy.

Despite the challenges of delivering high-quality games, the gaming industry has the potential to foster positive human connections. Engaging in multiplayer experiences can promote empathy and joy among players, contrasting with the negativity often found in social media interactions.

The integration of our impulses into a higher-order personality allows us to achieve more sophisticated goals and navigate social interactions effectively.

The gaming industry has evolved from individual developers creating entire games to a specialization of roles, allowing for more complex and high-quality AAA games.

Games exist at the intersection of logic and emotion, combining mathematical thinking with artistic expression to create meaningful experiences. Games are the aesthetic form of thinking and doing, occupying an important overlap between engineering and art.