Recently read a book by David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again : Essays and Arguments, based on a reccomendation by a friend to read “Infinite Jest”. The don’t always have what you want at bookstores, but hey I’m on a non-fiction kick anyways. It was a great non-ficiton [...]
Archive > June 2004
The Perils of Rosella
Feeling a wave of nostalgia after the fact that Sierra is being “downsized,” I went and looked through old folders of older games that I hadn’t played in a while. King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, the game that consumed me for months and months of my childhood, said play me and I obliged [...]
Thoughts
I have wanted for a while to be able to write about things I’ve read or watched or played, and record what they’ve made me think about, but I wanted feedback and other ideas to enter into the picture as well.
Enter this blog. Writing in it gives an odd sense of… I’m not [...]
Distractions from work
Since work is insanely boring from time to time, you need distractions. Quick ones, that are easy to close fast as well. Also it has to have a score so you can compete against your co-workers. Enter Copter.
It’s not new to the interweb, but it’s fun, and fairly addicting (”Just one more [...]
Star driven animation vs. character driven animation
I was reading an article on “The Terminal” where it was speaking about how Spielberg and Hanks both work well together, and it mentioned Dreamworks SKG, where Spielberg was the “S” in SKG. I couldn’t remember who the K or the G were (Jeff Katzenberg and David Geffen for those who care), so in [...]
So long, thanks for the fish.
Well the company resposible for hours upon hours of my youth, is now joining the ranks of other dead in all but name gaming companies.
Thanks Sierra for Space Quest 3, and King’s Quest 4. Thanks for your Quest for Glory series, and all your quest series.
Who’s even left anymore from the [...]
Beating me to the punch
Every once and a while, I’m sure like all of you, I get a great idea. Something that would be really great to do and would be helpful to lots of people. Then I go and play Dr. Mario or something and do nothing about it. One of those ideas for years [...]
The Blog
Why blog? It’s not as if there arn’t 2,000,000 other blogs out there pertaining from the mundane to the profound. This is more of a learning experience and a way to express thoughts on whatever is happening around.
I’m not verbose like some people seem to be, typing and typing just to hear the [...]