The CEO and creative director behind Runbow and Dawn of the Monsters discusses the recent discomfort of running a Unity team, his Godzilla ’98 VHS collection, and more. — This story first ran at my game dev shop talk blog, CodeWritePlay. What do you do after directing the most uniquely you project of your career? This was my question for Alex Rushdy, CEO and creative director of 13AM Games, the Toronto, Ontario indie studio behind popular games including Runbow…

Seven surefire questions to determine whether you’re visiting extended family or America’s favorite big-box retailer — It’s that classic scenario: you’re zipping about town, checking off those to-dos that you don’t want to do when you completely lose track of what you’re doing. Did you finish shopping, or have you dropped in to visit Dad’s brother? Don’t worry. Here’s a scientifically bulletproof quiz to help you…

Your desk should represent you, and in the unlikely event that a stranger takes it over, we want to help. — If you haven’t heard about Meta’s plans to roll out a new “hot desking” setup–meaning employees may soon need to fight to reserve a desk at their own place of employment–Yahoo Finance can bring you up to speed. This post was first published at my website, CodeWritePlay. Has your Meta desk been compromised?

Save your animal expertise — dogs like dads because they just want to hang out with someone who will eat something unrecognizable straight off the floor. This article first ran in my Dad Weighs In column for CodeWritePlay.com. I’ve been noticing a lot of amateur dog whisperer talk exploring the…

How I tried to support science and ended up with a handful of someone else’s teeth — Things rarely go as I expect them to. I know we all live through something unusual on occasion, but I’ve more or less made a career of it. I used to say I have extraordinarily bad luck, but since then, I married the first girl I truly fell for at…

Your guide to sending me into a fiery tailspin — I mentioned to my cohost in a recent episode of our comedy podcast that the best part of my mid-30s is the level of knowledge I’ve accumulated about myself. Don’t get me wrong, I’m loaded down with more personality quirks than ever, I just know more about them now. Chief…

This happens sometimes. — I woke up early this morning with the best of intentions. The daycare down the street has started a frantic effort to expand for some reason, and the construction chaos is underway in the wee hours all weekend. …

I believe my father said the single most revealing thing about his role as a dad as he was reaching out to hold me for the first time. “Come and see your uncle!” Several of his siblings had children before he did, he says, and he was used to introducing…

There once was a boy tasked to sit on the hillside, watching over his village for mythical holiday characters. As the uneventful months passed, he came to resent the holidays entirely. The people danced and drank in late December as he watched for little Baby New Year until long after…