Seriously, you would not believe how much freaking spam was waiting for me on here. It was ridiculous. Speaking of other forms of internet communication, let’s talk about email. Specifically, about emails you send to try and get a job. There are a few things we’ve seen at the office recently that seem like they [...]
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits! May your every sexual arousal be followed by the runs! May every piece of food you eat for the rest of your life be slightly overcooked! Ahem. So I’ve been playing quite a bit of Mass Effect lately. (Yes, another shooter! In addition to Bioshock! [...]
Yes, I have been away. These are the reasons for my radio silence: Giant sweater for Chris. Giant tall socks for my dad: Fingerless gloves for me (remember that last post about it being cold in our apartment? Yeah, still the case.): A bag for my almost-mother-in-law: And a hat and bolero set for me! [...]
The heat has been on in my apartment for the last two hours and it’s still only 51 degrees in the living room. This is ridiculous. I am typing from the futon, which is heated with an electric mattress pad, and I am wearing a camisole, a tank top, a long-sleeved shirt, a pair of [...]
Every once in a while, the gaming review community gets the idea that video games need to be innovative. If they’re not innovative, then they’re bad games that shouldn’t be made. Only innovative games should be creative! Games will get praised for their innovation! Games that are not innovative are horrible wastes of megabytes! Etc. [...]
Here’s a tip: Sending an unsolicited email to a game studio detailing the bugs you found in their released game is not a good way to get a job. I am assuming that was the reason for the email, because I can’t see any other logical purpose for it. The game is done. It is [...]
All the links are back up and running on here, so regular posting will resume this week on a variety of subjects. On that note, here is some yarn I made! YanYan approves this message. One I am done with my somewhat massive amounts of holiday yarncrafting, I will be back to playing video games [...]
Hi there! Sorry about the hiatus, we migrated the site to a new server and now things are a little bit broken around here. It’s going to take a little while to get this figured back out, but the site is mostly functional at the moment and that’s the important part! I hope everyone out [...]
Chris and I drove down to Portland over the weekend to catch the Portland Symphony performing Video Games Live. It was amazing. If you love video games and video game music, I cannot recommend this show enough. Video game music is an often underestimated art, both by people who play games and people who look [...]
On a recent comment, rhiandmoi suggested that I make a post on the life cycle of a game. That’s a great idea, but it would take way more than a single post to sum it up! I thought I would start at the logical place to do so: The beginning. Games start with a GDD, [...]