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Monthly Archives: March 2010

From Lizard to Fish

I have two fish and a lizard.
My two older kids were born for water, Thing 03?  Not so much.
Despite the majority of their time being spent at the indoor pool at the Y, rather than on a tropical island somewhere like I’d planned decades before their birth,the first two took to water instantly and both [...]

The acronyms are coming…

So DRM is the new “hate” oriented buzzword in games (Digital Rights Management) but it’s not just *our* problem, it covers ebooks, music, pretty much anything in a downloadable format.  It’s a sticky wicket because it gets into actual ownership issues, ie, without an actual *physical* object in hand (and even if you *do* have [...]

Thoughts on GDC10

I have been in the industry for more than 15 years now, and this is the first year I have gone to GDC without feeling like a total poser. I have no clue why, in fact, I’ve held positions in the past that were arguably more “industry” than others.  I can only think it’s the [...]

(with an apology to A. Marvell)

HAD we but world enough, and time,
This boldness, Kitten, were no crime
I could sit and dangle strings
Craft of floss and shining things.
Thou couldst nap along my side
In soft repose: On dreaming tide
That causes whiskers to softly twitch. I would
Love you though you make me itch,
And you should, if you please, refuse
To wait ‘till passing of [...]

The Prince goes Big Screen…

It seems to be my week for riffing, which just goes to prove that you cannot create in a vacuum.  The more sources of INPUT you have and are accessing, the more OUTPUT you are able to achieve without long stretches of ennui and writers block.
I ran across this post here regarding the new Prince [...]