Matt’s Mind: Start of 2026

It probably is a sign of ill omen that during the first bits of free, discretionary time I had in the New Year, I developed a nasty head cold that sapped all my energy and drive. It’s taken a few days to get over it. Which might have been good, I guess, as I needed a bit more time to figure out what I wanted to try and make 2026.

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Culture Quest – “The Power of Fun” by Catherine Price

I picked this book out at the library as part of my blind research floundering process. I was hoping it would be a book about how people interact with games. And it was, sort of, but not in the way that I was hoping. As I realized that the book was not going to be particularly helpful towards my research endeavors, I moved from deep reading to more of a skim, so there are a lot of specifics of the book that I didn’t delve into, so my report suffers related shallowness. But I think there are useful concepts in what I did read, and I can see it altering how I interact with the world in the future as I apply some of what I gleaned.

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Matt’s Mind for May 24 2025

Hello! This is episode 1 of a new blog idea I’ve had. Long story short, I start a lot of projects, and may of them go nowhere. But my wheels spin on those and it’s hard for people to see my thoughts. And I do like people being able to see me being clever. So, as an accountability journal, Imma gonna blog! And you can find this on my website, on Deviantart, or on my Patreon. Maybe other places? Idk, we’ll see how much traction these get. Please comment if I have a project that you’re interested in. That helps me keep it alive.

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