Games allow us to see the bigger picture by abstracting out the elements at play, modeling their dynamics, and providing a ten thousand-foot view. They give us distance and emotional separation to see with new eyes things that are too close to us to perceive.

"Be fruitful" were the first words Adam heard. From that first instruction, we have understood that work is important; yet, since the arrival of sin, we've struggled to give it its intended place.

Are there too many games? It’s an odd question when coming out the mouth of a game developer; it’s even stranger when asking a bunch of people this question at the beginning of a game jam.

In the past, when someone asked me what I did, I would proudly exclaim that I was a game developer. These days, I tell them that I'm interested in helping people create communities, and I do that by making games.