Brian ChienReading Hacks — How to Easily Read a Book in a MonthIf reading one book might allow you to gain one new insight, vicariously live through another person’s experience, or debunk a…4 min read·Mar 20, 2021----
Brian ChieninVialchemyChoosing Learning Content to Match Your Learning StyleEveryone learns differently. Your learning style refers to the preferential way you absorb, process, comprehend and retain information…2 min read·Dec 11, 2020----
Brian ChieninVialchemy25 Takeaways from ‘Highlights from This Neuroscientist Shows You the Secrets to Obtaining A Growth…Part of the goal of joining Vialchemy is to better understand the mind and mindset. This is my key takeaways from the talk by Tom Bilyeu…4 min read·Dec 10, 2020----
Brian ChieninVialchemy3 Steps on How to Select a Good ReadTime and attention are both limited resources. When we have a strong drive and trigger to read a book, we must set ourselves up to find a…3 min read·Dec 9, 2020----
Brian ChieninVialchemyFour Self Reflection Exercises from Simple to Complex“Reflection gives the brain an opportunity to pause amidst the chaos, untangle and sort through observations and experiences, consider…6 min read·Dec 9, 2020----
Brian ChieninGame Design FundamentalsSketchnote: Cursed ProblemsThis is a sketchnote on Riot Games’ Alex Jaffe presentation on a theory of cursed game design problems and explores the four design…1 min read·Nov 16, 2020----
Brian ChieninGame Design FundamentalsCritical Play: CarcassonneIs this game balanced? Does a player have an unfair advantage over the other(s)?4 min read·Nov 15, 2020----
Brian ChieninGame Design FundamentalsTREEdition — A Duck’s Worlda game created by Victor Chen, Sophia Helena Dew, Clara Everett, and Brian Chien.12 min read·Nov 13, 2020----
Brian ChieninGame Design FundamentalsCritical Play: Theme Only GamesThe theme only games are games with an objective statement or idea that the plot revolves around. This article will introduce four…4 min read·Nov 10, 2020----
Brian ChieninGame Design FundamentalsSketchnote: Terror in SubnauticaThis is a sketchnote on How Subnautica Uses TERROR by Adam Millard.1 min read·Nov 9, 2020----