GameInternals aims to spread knowledge of interesting game mechanics beyond the game-specific enthusiast communities. Each post focuses on a specific game mechanic that would normally only be known to high-level players of a particular game, and attempts to explain it in a manner that would be understandable even by readers unfamiliar with that game. GameInternals articles are researched and written by Chad Birch. A gamer and programmer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

When I was a teenager my mother kicked me out of the house. I stuffed as much as I could into a suitcase. Sweaters billowed out of the sides as I sat atop the suitcase, wrestling with the zipper as tears streamed down my face. A few months later, I was legally emancipated and homeless.