Monthly Archives: January 2008

Firstly, the site counter is bolloxed. Again. It should be in the 70k mark.I’ve noticed that PHP file writes on the host I use die once in a while. You get corruption in the files produced – it’s happened in … Continue reading →

So a while ago SI – Sports Interactive – killed their East Side Hockey game due to rampant piracy.Today I hear that the PSP scene is a hot bed of rampant piracy, and that most people who game on it … Continue reading →

Have you noticed that when a judge returns to give a summary judgment in Boston Legal, whomever they talk to first is going to lose?I noticed this a while ago and last night, after catching up with a couple more, … Continue reading →

Recently I was part of a group asked about the role of a Generalist in making video games.This one is a toughie. At this stage of our industrys development a generalist is often not what is required as an obvious … Continue reading →

After using the iPhone for a while, I have a list of things I’d want.Things I would want to fix / add.Software Allow me to decide if SMS texts show up on the main screen.o Allow me to tell … Continue reading →

Ok, I use Itunes since I have an Iphone – for no other reason mind you, cos it’s crap with a capital C.Anyway, recently I had occasion to need a tool that would copy everything in a given playlist into … Continue reading →

Ok. I have a secret. A dirty, naughty game developer secret. No, it’s got nothing to do with Jessica Abla’s underwear (although if you catch me at GDC and give me a beer, we can most assuredly have a conversation … Continue reading →

I finally got around to doing the second part of this article.In the first part I was describing some of the cool things you can do with external tools in terms of what they do behind the scenes. In this … Continue reading →

When interviewing programmers there are several things I’ve noticed over the years that either help or hinder the entire process.I’ve personally been on interviews where I left discouraged, unengaged and in serious doubt of my fitness for this industry in … Continue reading →

Well I was going to do an update on UI stuff, but I’m not since I just wanted to extend some of my comments on Portal.I’ve finished it now, and replayed some of it with the developer dialog stuff.So, on … Continue reading →