Monthly Archives: May 2004

The best value in the PC games right now are old games. For less than 20 bucks you can often pick up some really great games that are still really fun and will run on your older computers. If you … Continue reading →

If I was Nintendo, I would be scared right now too.

Often my sprituality and my programming code seem to have alot in common. Or at least I think about them in the same ways. My World View or Spiritual Understanding is like a big program that takes various input from … Continue reading →

From Wired For example, would-be mainstream games have to be much more accessible to the average player than the current crop, with less-complex interfaces and rules that ease players into the experience gradually. Further, Koster said, in an environment where … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago Mr. Sharon announced his plan for leaving Gaza. While the Israeli population at large supports him, his party did not. He said he would then reformulate his plan. It would appear that his new plan is … Continue reading →

This chart shows the sales for the zelda games going back to 87. What’s fun to notice is that sales don’t really increase over time. Now if we had the numbers for development cost for each of these titles I … Continue reading →

If you want to make simple graphs of equations on a windows box this works pretty nicely. Maybe not as slick as the graphics calculator for the Mac, which is btw. available for the PC but not for free.

I still have no plans to get back in the game industry. I’d rather focus on things that can be done with a small team

If Microsoft wants to improve the user experience for most windows users they should encourage their developers to spend time with users. Not in focus groups or other controlled experiements. Just as them to spend a week going around thier … Continue reading →