Englex and Other Updates
I know I don’t update this site much. The main reason is that very few of you are using the YourOtherMind writing platform anymore, so writing updates is a bit of a waste of time…
Distraction Devices
Earlier I posted about how electronic devices can really disrupt meetings. Now Richard Curtis over at [e-reads] has a post discussing Christine Pearson’s book which goes into detail on why overuse of these distraction devices…
Getting Hired in the Game’s Industry — Technical Skills
This is a short post, one of several where I’ll toss out an idea or two to (maybe) help people get their foot in the door of the game’s industry. Technical Skills It does not…
Creating Emotion in Games – Guilt as Gameplay Mechanic
The Day My Horse Died There’s a drive from several studios in the videogames industry to start building emotional experiences, hoping to hook player’s into storylines and franchises by using more sophisticated storytelling methods. Many…
Data Loss
Bugs in software suck. Essential features not working as expected, bad. Needed but missing features, frustrating. But the worst thing a piece of software can do is destroy your data. Over the years I’ve had…
Meeting Etiquette
So way back when I was involved in meetings a disturbing trend was beginning to develop. Now its no secret that I don’t like people using their portable electronic devices (cellphones, pds, ipods, et cetera)…
E-mail Etiquette the CC vs BCC
So the other day I received an e-mail from an editor, the contents of which are unimportant. But what is important is that the editor did a carbon copy of the email to dozens of…
Videogame Franchises… the slow death?
Over at IGN games there is an editorial discussing whether franchises are killing videogames. It is an interesting discussion, the idea that as gaming companies become more conservative and focus on ‘tried and true’ franchises,…
Getting into the Gaming Industry
I’ve been offering some advice to a few people who are interested in working for a gaming company and I figured I’d might as well summarize what I’ve told them. Are You Sure? First, I…
PayPal – use it please
I’m not an impulse buyer in realspace… I plan my purchases and save up for things, all responsibly like, but when I’m on the Internet and I see something I want, I’ll buy it immediately……
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