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I Just Want the Damn Screeners

Curtis Chen
January 29, 2014
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Very rarely does moviegoing feel like a chore to me, but it does happen once in a while. (Like the time we decided to watch all three extended-edition Lord of the Rings movies in a single day… but that’s another…

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I Hate the Word “Tribe”

Curtis Chen
January 22, 2014
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Just to be clear: this is not a rant against Seth Godin. I actually think he’s got some pretty great ideas about leadership, as shown in his TED talk from 2009 (worth watching for the vintage Kindle 1 prop, if…

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I Enjoy Hunting for Puzzles

Curtis Chen
January 15, 2014
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The statement above should come as a surprise to exactly no one, but I thought I’d use this space to clarify the spectrum of my liking for various puzzle and presentation types. But first, just in case you’ve wandered into…

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I Always Keep My Promises

Curtis Chen
January 8, 2014
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As I write this, it’s after midnight on Tuesday, less than ten hours before this post is supposed to go up. I briefly considered not taking the time to finish this, and instead just posting a “sorry, try again next…

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SnoutCast #201: Ana Roeszler

Curtis Chen
January 7, 2014
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Kicking off our year of interviews with women who make puzzle games is Ana Roeszler, one of the co-founders of Puzzled Pint and a core GC member for WarTron PDX! Show length: 26:39File size: 25.6MB   [Download mp3] What Else?…

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I Miss My Friends

Curtis Chen
January 1, 2014
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Last year, two of my friends took their own lives. I was completely blindsided both times. Of course, no one should ever expect anybody they know to kill themselves, but I had not even an inkling that either of these…

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