I gave my sister a copy of Small World for Christmas. For those who are not aware, I am pretty serious about my board games. If you are interested in game design, as I am, there’s often a lot more …More
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Greatest Achievement in the Genre
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike… Remember these? Recently they have been reprinted. I saw a bunch in a bookstore two months ago. I wrote this year’s annual Christmas letter in the format of a …More
Galatea 2.2
“I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more – the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.” It’s not as brilliant as Godel, Escher, Bach. But …More
Demons Begone!
Just won a 16 player online mafia game as the Demon, proving that when it comes to lies, deceit, and treachery, I’m your man! Mafia is an interesting game because it is all about tricking likely facts from a chaotic …More
Cosmic Encounter
I lugged Cosmic Encounter around for all my college years and I finally got to play it on Friday with Brendan, Jo, Eric Sun, Carol, and Daniel. There’s a bit of a learning curve, so if we were going to …More
Burckhardt's Full Stop vs. Chaitin's Omega
I haven’t updated my blog recently, and I have had this post from Spring Break sitting around on my computer unposted for about a week. I went home for Spring Break this year, instead of going to LA with Jo, …More
Save the Hobo Staring Game From Oblivion!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Hobo_Staring_Game
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about 18 of my deWdz and i rwentde a house in tahoe last weekend 4nd went on aski trip that joanan gracious7y roganized dou z~~~ it wa tot47ly sseet.. compI7ed ski trip photos/mov3iz form {john, c4n, doug}(still wa1ytimngg on airc) …More
"I can't believe you sacrificed your dignity and still lost"
About 18 of my friends and I rented a house in Tahoe last weekend and went on a ski trip that Joanna graciously organized for us. It was totally sweet. Compiled Ski Trip Photos/Movies from {John, Can, Doug} (still waiting …More
What a stupid idea
My CS147 Final is open laptop. No internet allowed. Given that the entire class is about common sense hidden behind technical-sounding made-up terms like “Participatory Design” or “Gulf of Execution”, the key to doing well is to determine the pre-image …More


