"A career in writing means having homework every day."

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Well that's odd.  Mouse thinks it's because the people who vote aren't the same people who comment.  I may be inclined to agree.

In crazier news, I'm now both done my degree and published.  I'm not entirely certain how to approach life without school.  Worst case scenario, I'll retreat into a master's degree.

It will be nice to have a bit more free time, anyway.  Theoretically more free time, that is.

Speaking of, if you have a PS3, play Journey.  Seriously.  A lot of "games are art" arguments are flawed because they point to games with great stories -- but that doesn't mean games are art, that means stories are art.  In Journey, the narrative and the mechanics are interwoven.  It's difficult to think of them as separate entities.  When was the last time a game's mechanics made you tear up?

I could talk about this for a long time, but I'm afraid I'll start to oversell it.  Play it.  Settle in, turn off your phone, and immerse yourself.  You'll have to decide for yourself whether you want your experience to be solo or multiplayer.  They each have something going for them, but once you've played through one way, you won't have the same depth from the first experience when trying it the other way.  But it probably doesn't matter too much.  Journey will be just that either way.

If ever there were an argument for games as art, this is it.