What makes us tick? I imagine a clock when I think of that question. Psychological gears. Gears in a clock are manufactured, but where do ours come from? I'm not going to pretend to know the first thing about psychology, but I'm not any less interested in it. I have an arguably unhealthy passion for video games. I love to look past the animations and cinematics of a game and explore behind the scenes, to find what makes the game tick; not always to see down the ladder of coding, and ones and zeroes, but what "makes" the game unique, what kind of thoughts and decisions go behind whether or not a character will slide, or if a building will fall during a chase scene. My goal is to combine these two interests and passions into an (hopefully) intriguing blog that becomes a big stew of thoughts, interests, and ideas.