If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.

If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach, you can almost always do something better

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

Programming in the abstract sense is what I really enjoy. I enjoy lots of different areas of it... I'm taking a great deal of enjoyment writing device drivers for Linux. I could also be having a good time writing a database manager or something because there are always interesting problems.

An interesting question: is it easier to motivate a learned individual that never does anything, or educate an ignorant individual that actually produces things?

It is not that uncommon for the cost of an abstraction to outweigh the benefit it delivers. Kill one today!

It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.