Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category

Welcome to my studio.

Blog: January 1st, 2008

Or, what the hell this new thing is.
I’m not huge on New Year’s Resolutions generally, but this year I decided to use the New Year as an excuse to rededicate myself to providing you, my audience of three or four, with new things to look at. The general idea behind the “studio” is to […]

Issues with Internet Explorer

Blog: January 9th, 2008

It would seem that there are some slight layout problems with the site if you are viewing it in Internet Explorer. While I look into exactly what IE’s problem is with me, personally, feel free to either ignore the little oddities or boot up a perfectly acceptable alternative.

Obama or Blair

Blog: January 10th, 2008

Oh how I loves me some political humor…
On a trip to Great Britain while he was President of the United States , Bill Clinton had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. During that meeting he asked her, “How does one manage to run a country so smoothly?”
“That’s easy,” the Queen replied, “You surround yourself with intelligent […]

Dodged a bullet

Blog: January 11th, 2008

A few months ago before I accepted my new (and current) job at Crystal Dynamics, I interviewed with a number of other studios that were interested in my services. One of those was Spacetime Studios, a new startup located outside Austin, Texas. They were working on a Massively Multiplayer Online Sci-fi game for […]

Concerning Nitrobikes.

Blog: January 20th, 2008

(for those of you who didn’t see the earlier post, Nitrobike is a game that I worked on while I was still at Left Field Productions, that was recently released for the Nintendo Wii)
Nitrobike is an oddity for me for one simple reason: I designed the logo.Early in production on the game, the higher up’s […]

Once, twice, 935 times a liar.

Blog: January 23rd, 2008

This is from Yahoo News.
A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, […]

Drumming to the classics.

Blog: January 24th, 2008

There is roughly a 98% chance that this particular link is only of interest to me.
Dude drums to music from Super Mario Brothers 2
After picking up Rock Band, my interest in all things drumming has increased, and my interest for all things Super Mario Brothers 2 has never waned, so this is a perfect combination. […]

Bacon Salt, the Salt that Tastes Like Bacon!

Blog: January 31st, 2008

How could I possibly have not known about this amazing product?
Bacon Salt Website
My life may never be the same.

Arrested Development Movie Talks.

Blog: February 3rd, 2008

Jason Bateman confirms that there are people seriously discussing whether or not they might, someday in the future, consider possibly getting together to make an Arrested Development movie. Maybe.
All joking aside, any news regarding the possibility of more Arrested Development is amazing. If Firefly can become Serenity then I don’t see why Arrested […]

Was there some sort of sporting event held today?

Blog: February 3rd, 2008

‘Cause I think I missed it.