When the late Jerry Lawson last addressed us before passing, he said that games should be joyful, challenging, but most importantly they should come from a genuine place. A lot of games I see these days aren't genuine and that is the fail.

Cut through the bullshit, get to the answers you need, and then apply that knowledge to whatever move you choose to make. Anger and outrage, while easily fallen into, are distractive to what needs to be done.

Part of this game plan is to prevent agencies from providing information to the public (this has been ordered a few times already with a few public agencies). To combat this, take the necessary time to research answers to question you have and rely on your community of people who know.

More than anything, the President and his administration are throwing a lot of stuff at the wall to see what sticks. If he can keep people outraged and off balance, he can then get other stuff past us because we're preoccupied with being upset.

This pause does not affect Social Security or Medicare benefits, nor does it include “assistance provided directly to individuals”. If there are already scheduled payments in place, they shouldn't be disrupted. However, any renewal or annual review might be delayed or impacted by this going forward.

The funding freeze is a pause on funds already allocated by Congress. The President can pause it but he cannot stop it outright without going through Congress. So, definitely getting ahold of your representatives at the Congressional District and Representative level will go a long way.

Know that ICE are just like any other police operation. Unless they have a subpoena or warrant signed by a judge regarding you, you can lawfully refuse to speak to them, and you can inform ICE that you choose not to answer questions, including providing your name.

Just sayin'. The underground game consumer market is both very real, very large, and very, very untapped.

That might be an interesting discussion that we can hold down for BIG at GDC?

In many ways, it is far easier to self publish unless you know for sure your distribution chain needs to global initially.

It's zlmost to the level of the very early rap game where you bet on yourself and can push more units out the trunk of your car.