Its very strange, having 3 kids. It brings the nature vs nurture issue straight to the fore of your everyday life.
I remember the day each of my kids woke up with new wiring in their head hooked up (if you have kids, you know how this happens, they can go to bed only speaking three [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Sentience milestones
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
GDC Detox
Sunday, March 29, 2009
It doesn’t matter whether I am at E3 (the former extravaganza variant) or GDC, after a week of all game all the time, I invariably feel like I need a detox. For that one week I revert to and revel in the remnants of my college self. Caffeine for breakfast, lunch and dinner, spending every [...]
Where are all the rockstars going?
Friday, March 27, 2009
This train of thought started because my son (7y) asked if I could get him an autograph from “the guy who made Spore” at the GDC this year. (Should be you be trolling this underbelly of the blogs sometime, Mr. Wright, know that I am stalking you on behalf of my kids :D )
In my [...]
Trepidation
Thursday, March 26, 2009
I have been honored with the task of helping to host the WIGD (Women in Games Development) SIG here at the GDC this year.
And I have to confess to some amount fo trepidation.
I’ve always avoided joining “women’s” organizations, I usually prefer to be much more low-key, do my own thing. In my limited experience [...]
Fringes of the GDC
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
It always strikes me as odd, but it shouldn’t. The detritus and hangers on that go on around professional conferences. At the GDC every year there are guys and gals on the streets surrounding the conference, handing out cards and flyers promoting this indie game or that. One year they were even passing out free [...]
