Author: Jack Wellborn

Coder who dabbles in writing and is currently Austin-based after stints in New York City and Connecticut. You can find my writings at both this microblog as well as on my long form blog found at the totally trustworthy wormsandviruses.com.

I saw a reductive comic over the holiday about Santa’s reindeer wanting to work from home. It conveniently fails to mention the North Pole’s soaring cost of living and that the reindeer were forced to move hours away after an enterprising elf converted their stalls to an AirBnB.

In our house, we’ve started measuring time in Blueys.

“How much longer until you can play, Dad?”

“About three Blueys.”

“Okaaay.”

The not so good:

I had guessed correctly that it started as a tech demo, because it felt like one at parts.

I was surprised how many levels seemed to discourage speed in favor of platforming.

Overall, I thought it was a good game.

Did I mention that the music is banging?

I just now beat Sonic The Hedgehog. As someone who grew up ith Mario, here are my notes.

The good:

The music is banging.

Most of the level design was pretty good.

I especially enjoyed how many, if not most, levels had multiple paths.

This informs my how and where I post. I typically use my blog when writing posts, but use social media platforms when replying in a conversation.

Why not just post to my blog? I actually think social platforms are way better for discourse than comments. Commenting on a blog feels like showing up at someone’s house expecting to have a chat, whereas replying on a social platform feels like joining a conversation at the bar.

Some may be wondering why I would post to social platforms from my blog rather than their sites/apps. In addition to not wanting to manually crosspost, these silly micro posts are my writing and so I want to be in control of their origin.