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This is a random collection of thoughts or notes that I’ve decided to collect here. Continuity is not my friend.

Archive for October, 2008

Moving 2.0

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Moving into our new pad and hemoraging money. The closing went well, although the now separated couple across the table definitely made the experience tense. On the upside, since it was Halloween, there was a giant bowl of candy.
The new place is great, though we have been cleaning for nearly two days straight. The kitties [...]

Cards as a Meditation…

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Perhaps I’ve simply listened to too much Sting as of late. But my meditation has, as it often has of late, settled on the game, the geometry of chance.
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But [...]

Live from SEIGE: DRM, Region Lockout, Format Wars, …

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Last night’s plenary session seemed to set the benchmark for talking about the state of the videogame industry more broadly, but also in the state of GA. In part, that is what has made the conference so far a particularly interesting one it demonstrates the kinds of intersections that occur between local activity and creative [...]

(Mo)bile Blogging SEIGE in ATL

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Andrea and I will be heading down to Atlanta tomorrow for SEIGE at the Marrietta Hyatt. It should be a great introduction for me (and those students of mine in NMIX 4200 who are planning to head down for the event) to the GA game development scene. What I’m hoping to find is a new [...]