A Day for Haiku
Unique paths divide.
Remorseless, empathy wanes.
Our hearts shift too much.
Game Development? You Can Do It! …But Please Balance Your Meters.
On some level (ha!– pun!) you’re either a considering, budding, struggling, or conflicted indie developer, and it’s WAY TOO EASY to listen to the voices that tell you can can’t/shouldn’t…
Ten Principles of Good Level Design
The following are notes taken on the design principles created by Dan Taylor, delivered in his GDC presentation in 2013.
Limitations: Empowering Your Game Development & Giving You Peace of Mind
Every budding indie-dev, (myself included) says, “I want to make a game.” However, without a canvas and the limitations it imposes, you’ll be uncertain where to start, you’ll be subjected to endless scope creep, and be much more unsure of your overall targeted end point.
Opinion: Get Over Yourself Cardi B
It’s abhorrent for Cardi B to drop the N-word (I’m specifically referencing it’s usage in her hit song: Money), period. Cardi B’s parents are of Hispanic and East Indian descent,…
Self Expression is Not a Cry For Help
I’m going to start speaking in riddle and rhyme, for to lay my heart bare is personal crime. I hide from the world, ashamed- my true place, I sit and…
On the Digitization of Books
Is Kindle Burning the Book? The book has reached a period in history where its bifurcation has begun. The staying power of the physical book is in severe trouble, primarily…
Shutter Island, and How Hollywood Continually Misrepresents Mental Illness
Shutter Island is a fantastic depiction of what Hollywood believes mental illness is like. While very entertaining, the movie presents a very exaggerated, uninformed, and unrealistic view on mental health….
I Deserve This – Detective’s End
I killed a man today. I broke my only vow. I swore to my parents that this would never happen. That I would never do the one thing that destroyed…
Faith Race in the Space Between Farce & Grace
In this day and age, I’d rather not talk about religion, spiritualism, what-have-you, but I imagine there will be someone seeing this post that will be offended on some level…that…