I'm pulling my driveway.

We all know what that means.

It's time to another drive to work.

Okay.

Today, I'm going to talk about the topic of flux, of change, of evolution.

So one of the things that magic does that is we are a living, breathing breathing game and that the game is constantly changing.

So for those that have never heard real quickly, let me explain what I believe is one of

magic's greatest strengths.

And what that is is, I've explained this before, but for those that haven't heard it, I will

do it quickly again, what I call the crispy hash brown theory.

So the crispy hash brown, it's hard to say.

The crispy hash brown theory is that the best part about a hash brown is the crispy

outer shell.

That's just the best part.

Once you eat the crispy outer shell, you eat the inside, the inside's okay, it's not bad, but not as good as the crispy outer shell. That's just the best part. Once you eat the crispy outer shell, you eat the inside. Inside's okay. It's not bad, but not as good as the crispy outside part.

And I think in games, one of the things that the crispy outer shell of games is the discovery

part of the game, is learning about the game, is trying to figure it out. And the key is, once you

figured it out, then you move on to a section that's more

about memorization and stuff.

For example, if you get really good at chess, at some point you start memorizing opening

moves.

Or if you go to Scrabble, you have to memorize at some point two-letter words and three-letter

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