Analog Game Design

Today I got an email from my little brother, a dedicated Metal Gear Solid fan, about this sequence from MGS4.  He explained to me how powerful the scene was due to the split nature of the cinematic on top and how you had control of Snake below.  He said it amplified his emotional attachment and [...]

My Biggest Influencers

Damn you, Eric…this is like a blog chain letter.
There’s a list of people who I can think of that influenced me. People who have inspired me in one way or another that have stayed with me for a lot longer than I expected. It’s people I think about daily, and wonder what they [...]

MacWorld 2008 thoughts

Well, the internet has once again been crushed under the mass of Apple fans waiting to listen to Steve Jobs’ latest pronouncements. I think the fans should ask for their money back, frankly.
Steve started off talking about Time Capsule, an appliance to consolidate all of your Macs backups in one 500GB or 1TB box. Here’s [...]

New toy

Monday I took the penultimate step with regards to my iPod. I bought the bluetooth transmitter to work with my Motorola HT820 headphones. I searched for months to find exactly what I was looking for. I have the 5G iPod Video (60GB version), so I wanted something that looked like it belonged [...]

One Long Night

You can’t win every night. I tried the latest beta build of Vista, and finally there was the OS I was promised. It was smoothing, functional, worked brilliantly, and looked gorgeous. Everything worked great…until I got to work and plugged it into the network. It would not gain an IP. [...]

How does Vista suck

You would think with five years of development, that Vista Beta 2 would be in the same shape that XP Beta 2 was. I used that until XP’s official launch without major headaches. The same cannot be said for Vista.
The first problem I had was setting up a network connection. I’m an [...]

And we’re back!

I’ve purged myself of my longtime webhost. After three years with them, I finally got fed up with the slide in service, culminating in the Warrens losing all user and forum data after someone cracked into the server. With only partial backups, I had enough and switched to GoDaddy, which many of you [...]

Japanese people think we’re made of money

Well, E3 starts tomorrow, but the news started today. Sony revealed the PlayStation 3 in all it’s $600 glory. Yeah…$600. My mind is spinning, but I think it’s worth the price. Well, maybe. It all depends on how much the games are.
There’s two versions. One is a $500 stripped [...]

It’s gotten really odd now, but…

…since I started this job with Carnival, my circle of friends has decided it was time to have BBQs. We’ve never been outdoorsy people…quite the opposite. It’s one of the reasons this midnight to 8am job works so well for me. I’m quite functional during the vampire hours. It’s when the [...]

Nature and I don’t get along

Yes, it’s true. I know, you’re shocked and why shouldn’t you be?
Today was the first ever Evil Stef Super Happy Fun Time BBQ Bash. I have a souvenir t-shirt, and it kicks ass. I’ll see about getting it up in the gallery for you all to be envious over. The idea [...]