April 15, 2007
My left hand is become an orb of pure, immobile agony. The digits move only in short, tortured lurches, as if gasping for the last gulps of life. My right hand no longer obeys the commands of my mind, but moves only in vaguely rhythmic vertical twitchings.
I am occasionally seized by an uncontrollab…
I am occasionally seized by an uncontrollab…
April 15, 2007
I've discovered an interesting truth about creating a programming language: you won't have enough motivation to do it right, unless you already have a program you want to write in that language. It doesn't matter how stupid the program is; if you don't have a problem to solve, the language won't go…
April 03, 2007
There was a time when I was vaguely concerned that investing in the 360 would ultimately prove to be a mistake. I think I believed that somehow I wouldn't play it often enough or get much enjoyment out of it.
This fear has been stomped on and viciously maimed in a two-prong attack that involves so m…
This fear has been stomped on and viciously maimed in a two-prong attack that involves so m…
April 02, 2007
I've talked before about how hard it is to relate my job experience to other people.
It's pretty common for people, upon hearing that I work in game development, to react along the lines of "wow, cool! What a great job!" And this is a difficult problem: they are both right and wrong.
I say "I make vi…
It's pretty common for people, upon hearing that I work in game development, to react along the lines of "wow, cool! What a great job!" And this is a difficult problem: they are both right and wrong.
I say "I make vi…
April 01, 2007
So I had a few beers last night, and decided to write a raytracer. The last one I did was a huge amount of fun, and despite it eating up three years of my life and turning into one of my most annoying failures, I still have fond memories of the project.
I keep getting ideas for stuff I'd like to try…
I keep getting ideas for stuff I'd like to try…
March 27, 2007
This is a story.
It doesn't have any guns, explosions, or crazy futuristic technology. There is no romance, no beautiful woman to be saved at the end, and no vague but stirring innuendo. There is no deep, insightful commentary on humanity or any of the goings-on of human beings.
There is, however, an…
It doesn't have any guns, explosions, or crazy futuristic technology. There is no romance, no beautiful woman to be saved at the end, and no vague but stirring innuendo. There is no deep, insightful commentary on humanity or any of the goings-on of human beings.
There is, however, an…
March 24, 2007
So, hands up: who likes to think of themselves as stupid?
Pause for crickets and tumbleweed...
Huh. Apparently, feeling dumb is not particularly popular. Who would have guessed?
Let's try a little experiment. I want you to imagine that you and I are in the same room, discussing something. You've just …
Pause for crickets and tumbleweed...
Huh. Apparently, feeling dumb is not particularly popular. Who would have guessed?
Let's try a little experiment. I want you to imagine that you and I are in the same room, discussing something. You've just …
March 22, 2007
Watch this video. Right now.
This is the most honest, brutally true-to-life, and transparent glimpse into the realities of the game development world that I've ever seen.
There's a vague sense of deja vu for me, watching this. The intense crunch pre-E3; the tense, half-pissed off meetings where every…
This is the most honest, brutally true-to-life, and transparent glimpse into the realities of the game development world that I've ever seen.
There's a vague sense of deja vu for me, watching this. The intense crunch pre-E3; the tense, half-pissed off meetings where every…
March 17, 2007
I have descended to the darkest depths of bachelor geekhood: I just stayed up all night on a Friday night, and my breakfast consists of Taco Bell Fire Sauce packets squeezed onto stale Fritos Scoops, because I haven't had a chance to go grocery shopping yet this week.
Rahh.
Rahh.
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