April 2009
108 posts
I wish I could eat Super|brie+ in real life. I bet it tastes delicious.
Chart detailing Pokémon presence on Twitter →
What else can I say about this chart, except that IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE!
Vintage DHARMA ads. →
these are AWESOME
just got to use the iPhone Keynote Remote application in a presentation. Pretty sweet (when it works).
Seek 'n Spell: GPS Word Game for iPhone →
neat concept. not sure if it will be neat in practice. Definitely Crossroads-esque, though.
March 2009
128 posts
my taco bowl overfloweth. I took too much taco fixins.
so apparently everyone hated my new, did-it-in-a-few-hours blog redesign. Reverted the blog already, and will take care of the root later.
I redesigned my website to give it that old-school DOS terminal feel. http://numberless.net What do you think? Awesome, illegible, or both?
Will Video Games Turn Mark Essen Into an Art-World... →
hell yes Mark Essen!
holy shit one of my classmates from a Game Art class at Bard is about to blow up in the art scene: http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/55654/
App Store Approval Processor →
Nice
power just went out. Loves me some laptop right now.
Scramble on iPhone is growing like wildfire. Currently #11 of all free apps! http://icanhaz.com/iScramble
I also did not feel the quake. But to be fair, I’m chugging Red Bull at 11am, so everything feels jittery already.
at Mad Dog in the Fog, guarding the door to the women’s bathroom because apparently there’s no lock.
Heading out on the town for drinks. Looking forward to racking up some points in @foursquare (and, you know, drinking).
going outside to play tennis. Like a real boy!
LaCie iamaKey USB Flash Drive →
DO WANT
Discussing the process of licking our wedding invitations, and having a hard time not thinking of that Seinfeld episode…
#GDC officially over. Day was full of interesting talks that I couldn’t Twitter about b/c of the shitty AT&T signal and wifi.
Keep trying to Twitter about how shitty the wifi and data access are at #GDC. Keep not being able to b/c of the shitty wifi and data service
I have a dangerously poor sense of time. I also order slowly and can’t count. In short, I’m fun to eat out with.
Red Bull with a Coke chaser.
wondering if Stains the dog has any place in my presentation to the CEO. http://tinyurl.com/bfaaka
my favorite file extension is easily .RAR, because it always sounds like an animal noise to me. pets.RAWR
um, did Iwata just commit to give everyone at the keynote a copy of Rhythm Heaven?
Free copies of Rhythm Heaven aside, sounds like Nintendo’s keynote was kinda lame.
Pretty damn drunk at the @Zynga party. Sorry mom.
friendly bat-reminder to all those in SF for GDC: Zynga party tonight! 9pm to midnight at Jillian’s in the Metreon. icanhaz.com/z-party
not 100% sure, but so far this new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is feeling pretty meh. Especially when compared to Decemberists’ new thing.
March Madness for tech companies. Zynga’s currently beating Google in the first bracket! Vote for us! http://blog.bincsearch.com/?p=771
reaching epic levels of nerdiness today.
Closure →
holy crap amazing.
Clint Hocking has a really terrific postmortem for Far Cry 2 in Game Developer Magazine. Really outstanding insights. It’s In your GDC bags.
Hey game industry people I like: Zynga’s throwing the casual connect party Tuesday night. Attend and reconnect! http://icanhaz.com/z-party
I srsly need a sign that says “feel free to approach me for interesting conversation and networking! Coz god knows I’m not approaching you.”
Bret’s up now. Wish I had a little @zynga pennant that I could wave around. #fgsummit
Bret: “optimize for stranger play” hey, stranger play is MY term! Thief! #fgsummit
Ninja Kiwi guy’s New Zealand accent is distracting. I guess that’s why the company’s name is Ninja KIWI, huh? #fgsummit
Panel on making a hit game keeps getting stuck on “innovation vs. safe tropes” argument. Also, unusually down on achievements #fgsummit
“we want to be the teenage movie of online games.” what does that mean? #fgsummit
Heading to get rings engraved, then it’s off to the Flash Gaming Summit to criticize Bret Terrill’s talk on social game design. ^_^
so @MyOwnVelouria points out that Hostess SnoBalls have the same consistency as boobs. Just sayin’ http://twitpic.com/2c8v8
I take back everything bad I said about Greek food. Got the moussaka at Myconos and it was DELICIOUS.
Update: @cmak got my shades. Thanks, dude.
Hey @zynga coworkers: I left my favorite (well, only) sunglasses in the conference room next to suite g. Could someone put them on my desk?
new @zynga swag: a pen that doubles as a caribiner.
I don’t like Greek food. No offense, Greek friends.
The Big Eat SF: 100 Things to Try Before You Die →
it all sounds nummy. I’ll play this game.
