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Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins

Tetris as a Metaphor for Life

It’s a useful metaphor for the struggle, passion, and joy of life.

4 min readAug 1, 2023

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Two men sit at the edges of the frame, facing twin games of Tetris. They concentrate, unsmiling, staring at the game. In the background, an announcer holds up a microphone.

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Chris Higgins

5 Lessons Learned Creating a Cartoon Show

The first episode of That Monster Show is out, after a year’s work. What did writer/director Carl King learn making it?

6 min readOct 7, 2020

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A group of monsters stand in a parlor: a werewolf, a vampire queen, an alien girl, a cyborg, a ghost, and a skeleton.

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Chris Higgins

A Polaroid Every Day, 40 Years Later

41 years ago today, Jamie Livingston began a lifelong project. He took one Polaroid every day. He kept it up for 17 years, until the day…

3 min readMar 30, 2020

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A Polaroid Every Day, 40 Years Later

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Quarantine Diary Day 4: Introducing TP Quarantine Pro

Here’s a free tool to track your toilet paper usage over time, plus estimate when you’ll run out. Wipe away the days with TP Quarantine…

3 min readMar 17, 2020

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A Google Docs spreadsheet showing that the Higgins household will run out of toilet paper on July 21, 2020 at 8:15am.

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Chris Higgins

Quarantine Diary Day 3: Snow

Snow day in Portland, how we’re quarantining our mail, and a hint that TP Quarantine Pro is coming.

3 min readMar 15, 2020

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Quarantine Diary Day 3: Snow

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Quarantine Diary: Days 0 through 2

42 hours ago, my wife and I began a “self-quarantine” in our house in Portland, Oregon. How’s that working out?

5 min readMar 15, 2020

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Quarantine Diary: Days 0 through 2

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Inside an Animated TV Pilot: Interview with Carl King

Carl King is behind The Oracle of Outer Space, and is starting That Monster Show. I spoke with him about the creative process…

7 min readMar 26, 2019

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Inside an Animated TV Pilot: Interview with Carl King

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Announcing “Access,” a Short Film About Accessibility

As creators, it’s our moral responsibility to make our work accessible to everyone.

4 min readJan 23, 2019

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Announcing “Access,” a Short Film About Accessibility

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I Lost 86 Pounds and Learned a Few Things

Shutting up and showing up, to name a few

8 min readJun 4, 2016

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I Lost 86 Pounds and Learned a Few Things

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On Writing, Experimentation, and The Magazine

What happens when a magazine writer’s main magazine gig ends?

5 min readOct 28, 2014

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On Writing, Experimentation, and The Magazine

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Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins

Writer/filmmaker/podcaster. Bylines in This American Life, Mental Floss, The Atlantic. Currently working on a documentary about competitive Tetris.

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