Quality Questions Challenge

Just in time for the New Year, I’m excited to announce something that I’ve been working on behind the scenes for a little while now. It’s a two week challenge that could change your life forever… For more than 10 years I’ve been immersed in the world of self...

Celebrating Ten Years of Ascension

Ten years ago today I sold the first copy of Ascension. Eighteen months before that, I quit my dream job as game designer for Upper Deck Entertainment. I’d recently finished the World of Warcraft Miniatures game, a huge project that took me three years to bring to...

Creativity in the time of COVID

As with most of the world, I am sheltering-in-place while essential workers brave exposure to the COVID-19 virus. I am humbled and grateful to everyone out there risking their lives to save others. Beyond my admiration for essential care workers, I also feel for those...

Steemit Update

Hello and Welcome to JustinGary.com! I’ve taken a break from posting here, but not from writing!  You can find many of my recent articles on game design, lifestyle design and philosophy on Steemit.com/@jg02  Please check out my work there and leave a comment to...

Speaking at SXSW March 19

I am excited to announce that I will be giving a talk at SXSW, March 19th on How to Design Collectible Games. I hope many of you will be able to attend, but don’t worry if you can’t!  I’ll post  the material here on the blog after the event. Please...