Greg Olzerowicz

Telling my story.

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Looking with hopeful eyes at the announcement of Guild Wars 3, yet not quite sure what it means to me. A walk and a talk about the movement of the world.

https://t.co/lTtRwq1H0o

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Plugged the gaming PC back in a few weeks ago.

Made a bet I was different now. That I could go back.

Put it in the garage today.

https://t.co/Pq57noV7IO

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Quit gaming cold turkey at 40. Needed the distance.

Three years later, I'm making a bet: that I'm different now.

Gaming Is Back — https://t.co/cKsTwDYecQ

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

There was a season between college and whatever came next. No direction. Just hiding.

Returning to an old game cracked it open.

https://t.co/OSUSbttwOM

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Latest book haul from @Powells

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

The people who love you are still letting go of the man you used to be. You already have.

That gap is not a wound. It's where the welcome happens.

https://t.co/B7y5o07C1F

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

The demand to look like a teacher will kill the thing being taught. Lay the robes down and remember who you were before the role.

https://t.co/tSOKXgxNh8

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Defense was never the destination.

The healing hides inside the life you fled. New letter on Charon, the gate, and knowing when you're ready to cross.

https://t.co/LCl457HKZU

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

There is a story running underneath your life. You didn't write it.

Something extra — Gene Wolfe, a scene I wrote in his voice, and an invitation inward.

https://t.co/vUIyHMyTdq

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Some wounds don't heal because we've made them useful.

New letter: You Were Wronged → https://t.co/VFPxR3ZdqT

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

I have fled long enough.

New letter — the most honest I've written about why I'm here.

https://t.co/8AV7stR8oe

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

The podcast is back. Reborn as The Quiet Ascent.

My first guest is Michael Henderson — former PlanetSide 2 dev, now building a handmade creative life on his own terms. We talked about the ache to create and what this world does to it.

Come listen. https://t.co/PvqIHb8ztz

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

When we speak to a friend, we may upset them. We may confuse them. We may thrill or warm them - bore or tire them. Friends make for unreliable listeners because they bring their humanity to the table.

https://t.co/8VlWe8uHTT

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Dear Friend,

You have dialed in a comfortable way of living, and I know you have worked hard for it. You have won a lifestyle that princes could but dream of! Yet despite all these comforts, you are deeply unsatisfied...

Full letter: https://t.co/EpZ0mxJikF

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Going live!

https://t.co/r2FHd9P0ov

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Two years since quitting, looking back on what video games did for me for over 20 years.

https://t.co/q9SINcLBqT

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

But harken, friend. For words are not mere instruments - tools - weapons. They are the mind’s grip. And it would be wise to beware easy words. For they invite in something that is other and that does not know you.

Read the full letter: https://t.co/ZpuUeJjpgi

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

A beginning.

https://t.co/ESbUPMQwAf

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Dear Friend,

There is something about this connected world that leads us astray. That turns us into animals.

You have seen it in others and judged them rightly for it. Now be honest! You think you are better than them...

Read the full letter: https://t.co/6jJlkWCLvz

[Greg Olzerowicz @olzerowicz]

Let us not use words like hammers. A small letter on giving them as gifts instead.

https://t.co/hLkwlpsoFh