Matthew Gray's Blog

Well, after 7.5 years, I guess I'm no longer posting on G+.  Maybe I'll post more here.

I've moved almost all of my blogging-like activity over to Google Plus. My profile on Google Plus has some amount of public content, an...

My "game of the year" is pretty definitely Space Alert , which for me is a perfect combination of programmed action, cooperation ...

This past winter, at the suggestion of David Saff , I started creating "treasure hunts" for my kids, partially as an activity to e...

I managed to hit the one-game-per-day threshold just barely this year. Gaming with the kids has continued to progress, and that's allow...

I have been tracking the games I play now for 10 years. I tracked games some in '97, '98 and '99, but didn't start keeping ...

I've noticed some interesting cross-player interactions in game win rates. If a player is good at a particular game, or games in genera...

The Davis Mega Maze is excellent. It is an elaborate multi-acre corn maze, with bridges. It's a great deal of fun. If you're in ...

My 4-year-old daughter drew this picture of the Google architecture today (I told her how to spell the words): Here's the backstory that...

I tried out the free version of Mozy in the fall of 2007, having heard good things about it. It quickly backed up over a gig of data and I...