Matt Demers on After some reflection, I’d like to start taking two competitive games (Street Fighter V and Dota 2) more seriously. Being able to understand how and why you want to improve is usually a great way to begin.
Read More Matt Demers on After a bit of a break from making things, I’ve come to realize that I should be thinking about it like I’m going to the gym: not finished when I reach a goal, but a process to make myself better.
Read More Matt Demers on Someone rigs up two AI assistants to talk to each other, and suddenly, a meta-narrative develops from the peanut gallery.
Read More Matt Demers on I like New Year’s resolutions post mostly because I’m big on reflecting. A friend noted that I’m big on anniversaries; my birthday (July 1) and New Year’s Day (January 1) fall exactly six months away from each other, so I find they’re good times to look back, plan and learn.
This year was weird. Read More
Matt Demers on I feel like I need to write an apology to someone. Read More
Matt Demers on So today I had a pretty good day of therapy, and it contextualized a couple things for me.
For the last little while I’ve been focusing on “doing nothing” to various success. The idea, though, was trusting a process that my brain was going to be able to fix some things emotionally in the meantime, letting me get back to the “big life stuff” of a career, direction and purpose eventually. Read More
Matt Demers on The second episode of The Ongoing History of RPGs shifts forward to the Super Nintendo where Squaresoft dominated the genre with multiple games. I’ve never played Final Fantasy VI before, so I’m hoping to have a good time with it! I was interested in VI’s place in the Final Fantasy series, mostly because it feels like it represents a tonally darker look before we get into the pure anime of VII and beyond. As I’ve never played it before, this should be quite fun!
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Matt Demers on Today I want to talk to you about identity — well, that’s a pretty broad topic, so maybe just your identity when when you create.
For years, I basically thought that the only way to success was to both be fully invested in your craft, and also have the talent to make yourself stand out. This became an all-consuming thing, and I forgot to take into account something pretty basic: being human. Read More
Matt Demers on This is the first episode of The Ongoing History of RPGs, and I figured I’d start it off with a series I really enjoy, but ironically haven’t played too much of. Dragon Quest, despite not being as big as Final Fantasy in the West, is one of the most important titles in the RPG genre; it gave players an accessible way to enjoy a story while innovating mechanics that are still being used today. Read More
Matt Demers on So the last little bit has been relatively quiet from me after I felt I needed to take a bit of a break. Coming back wasn’t exactly difficult: not picking up any new projects before I’d actually made some changes was. Read More