“A hungry mouth is not dissuaded by a moustache” - Nepali proverb

Friday Positivity: Top Things I’m Thankful For This Year

* Eternally thankful to my wife and family for supporting me all throughout the process

* Thankful for my co-founder and team at Anthromind

* Thankful for my mentors, friends, and YOU for tuning in to this podcast, which I’m trying to get better at every week

* I’m thankful for the good weather in California

* Finally, I’m thankful for the life I get to live

Topic of the Week: Looking back and ahead

Please listen to the full podcast above! I talk about what’s led me here, what’s in store for me in the future. I touch on my roots in Nepal, how I grew up loving books and video games, and how I even developed my own video games using GameMaker 7.

I talk about getting into high school and college in the US on full-ride scholarships, and about taking a gap year after high school because of the Nepal earthquake.

I also talk about trying to get a job while juggling extra-curriculars and 20 hours of work during college, the struggles that come with that, and how I was able to overcome them.

Finally, what it was like working at Google in San Francisco, and all the cool stuff I did. Finally, what led me to go into the full founder mod,e hence starting Anthromind

P.S. What have I been reading/watching/playing?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a genuine masterpiece of a game. How can a team of 25 led by a former-Ubisoft developer create something that puts every other video game that costs hundreds of millions of dollars to shame? Clair Obscur is an exciting game that explores themes of mortality and grief. The gameplay is fascinating because it combines the classic role-playing game mechanics of Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy with a 3D environment like God of War.

The turn-based combat is super fun. I was worried because I find some turn-based games a little slow, but in this one, it’s actually very action-packed because you have to time your parries and dodges really well, otherwise you’re gonna die very quickly. The difficulty is fair; it’s a bit punishing, but that’s what the fun is. If you don’t die to a boss a handful of times, are you even learning anything right?

The visuals are also astounding. Probably the prettiest graphics I’ve ever seen on screen. They capture the Belle Époque aesthetic of France really well. Finally, the music is terrific! I thought the music from Silksong was incredible, but this one blows it out of the water. Really happy I started playing this game, and I recommend everybody play it as well.

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