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Building a World Together: My Summer in Minecraft

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  What game did you play? I played Minecraft. What game genre does your game fall into? Minecraft is a sandbox survival game where players gather resources, build, and explore while setting their own goals. Who plays this type of game? Minecraft has more than 204 million monthly players, and the average player is 24 years old, according to  Search Logistics . Thousands of players live-stream their sessions, and many fans watch Minecraft videos on YouTube, so it is far more than a kids' game. Where did you play the game? I played on my Xbox console at home. How many times did you play? I played almost every other night during June and July, which added up to roughly 30 sessions, many lasting all night. Describe what you did/did not like about the game. I love the creative freedom. My coworkers and I each built our own house first. Mine was a white and pink cottagecore cottage, while my friends built a pirate ship, a hobbit house, and a sky house surrounded by waterfalls. Togeth...
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Why Silence Might Be the Secret to Deeper Conversations

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The Secret to Deeper Conversations  
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Eight Friends & One Beach House

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Every summer since high school, a group of us takes a trip together, and this year all eight of us made it work. We left our houses at 6 a.m. and got to Carlsbad Beach by noon, ready for five days split between the ocean and doing absolutely nothing. We rented an Airbnb with a pool and hot tub, which ended up being where most nights actually happened sitting around talking, half-watching whoever was losing at Clue. We went to the beach every day, since it was a short drive and there wasn't really a reason not to. One night we drove to Coronado Island for pizza on the beach at sunset, then ice cream at the Hotel del Coronado . A few days later, we celebrated a friend's birthday at an Italian restaurant on the water, also on Coronado. On slower afternoons back at the house, we worked through a puzzle and played more rounds of Clue than I'd like to admit. Nothing about the trip was elaborate no big itinerary, no must-see list. Just eight people, one house, and five days that ...
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