It feels good to organize and create order, whether in the real world or a game world. It seems woven into our DNA, but why do we enjoy it, and where does this desire come from?

Infinite runners are the best metaphor for my thinking on goals at the moment. I have trouble with goals because of the tension between the finite and the infinite, the concrete and the ephemeral.

As I read the opening chapter of Greg Costikyan’s book, Uncertainty In Games, three questions came to mind. 1. Do activities like games require uncertainty? 2. Is uncertainty a consequence of The Fall? 3. What role does uncertainty play in creation?

Much like designing and building a skyscraper, making games requires an incredible amount of communication to ensure everyone is building the same thing.

Whether consciously or intuitively, Notch designed a low-fi sandbox that resonates with God's creation in ways that helped catapult it to the best-selling game of all time.

What would your project look like if you took on the posture of a steward?

As a programmer, I spend a lot of time thinking about names—way more time than the average person. Names are powerful, and yet in our modern, western world, we forget that sometimes.