November 2011
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Arthur C. Clarke, You Magnificent Bastard
“However, I groaned inwardly when Scott went on to say that Peter had a friend with a brilliant idea he’d like me to develop into a screenplay. I groaned, because there are no new ideas in [science fiction] and if it was really brilliant I’d have thought of it already.” Arthur C. Clarke - Rama II, Forward (Emphasis Mine)
October 2011
As world welcomes '7 billionth baby,' UN says... →
“If a girl in the developing world spends just a few more years in school, she has more bargaining power in the home when she does marry. When girls and young women have a say, they tend to have fewer children, and those children stay in school longer, Ms. Bruce says.”
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No More Heroes Desperate Struggle: A Partial...
NOTE: The following is the unedited version of the “sample gameplay” write-up I did for Blizzard as part of my application using their minimalist specifications. For concerns of their focus and space constraints I had to restrict analysis of diegetic symbolism, themes and story. I will later write and post an addendum to this that goes beyond an isolated portrait of game play into...
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青行灯- 百物語 (blue lamp ghost 100 tales) →
This sounds like an awesome way to celebrate this, my favorite of holidays :D ”In the Edo period, a popular pastime was hyaku monogatari, or “a hundred stories”. A crowd of
people would gather in a room where a hundred candles were burning inside andonlamps, which had been covered in blue paper to create an eerie atmosphere. Then a hundred frightening supernatural tales would...
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Manly Tears Were Shed →
This ran chills down my spine and brought tears to my eyes… Amazing read if you love gaming (and what it means to share your love of games), have a brother or if both apply. :(
“There’s one thing that every reader on this site shares: Games. We write comments and argue about stupid stuff that at times seems utterly meaningless and trivial. It’s not meaningless—if anything,...
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Another long overdue update: First attempt at...
HBD Lola. 89 this year! Glad to know that my Nena knows she’s loved. I’ll stay out of the details but I think this is just what we all needed :D (Also Visited my bro in NYC and saw some friends from college. It was good.) Yo Kids,
Sorry for being the biggest slacker about posting recently. I have so much I want to investigate and write but have to admit… been in quite a funk...
The Current State of My Life
Hello all, today I’m examining I guess where I am in my life. Right now, in pursuit of my goal of becoming a game designer I’m trying to get into ASU’s masters in CS program. Since I returned from the chi (which I dearly miss) so far off-cycle and don’t want to waste my current and aberrant dearth of time I’ve decided to teach myself till I can start formal classes during the spring semester and...
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Games, Art and This Blog (Reviews and Criticism)
(Took me a little bit longer than I intended to get to this but here goes.)
Why am I making a blog devoted (in part) to video games?
This question is especially relevant when you stop and consider the fact that so much is written every day on the very subject by an army of professional critics and “journalists” (an ill-fitting title) as well as bloggers both “in the industry” and within the...