When I was in college, I asked a coworker of mine what his major was. He replied that he was studying artificial intelligence. The conversation kind of went like the following:
Me: Oh, cool!
Him: Well, actually, it’s probably not what you think…
Me: So are you studying neural nets and expert systems?
Him, visibly surprised: …Uh, yeah, actually.
Me: […]

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For this week’s Thousander Club update:
Game Hours: 262.25 (previous year) + 143.75 (current year) = 406 / 1000
Game Ideas: 616 (previous year) + 83 (current year) = 691 / 1000
I tore through “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” in order to get it completely out of the way. I read it in three sessions […]

Personal Development, Game Development | No Comments »

Anthony Salter has created another update to Planitia, his sorta-Populous non-clone. I can’t wait to try it out.
In the comments following the article, I found this exchange:

sol_hsa: I wonder if you used the IMGUI paradigm =)
Viridian: Why…yes! Yes, I did!

IMGUI paradigm, eh? I think I had heard about it (it’s not very new), but since […]

Game Development | 4 Comments »

As I mentioned before, I tried to upgrade my laptop from Edgy to Feisty. I had read about upgrades from Dapper to Edgy being a problem, but I also read that upgrading to Feisty shouldn’t be.
I was wrong. After the upgrade, I couldn’t boot into Ubuntu. I would instead see the following:
Check root= bootarg cat […]

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For this week’s Thousander Club update:
Game Hours: 262.25 (previous year) + 141.25 (current year) = 403.5 / 1000
Game Ideas: 616 (previous year) + 60 (current year) = 676 / 1000
Ok, so there wasn’t as much productivity as I would have liked. I was using my laptop when I realized that I needed a newer […]

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I received an email from EBGames.com informing me that the PS3 dropped in price.
Let’s get right to it, lowered in price $100 the Sony 60GB PS3 is now available for $499! Armed with the Blue-ray Disc player, built-in HDD, 1080p high-def output, Wi-Fi connectivity and SIXAXIS wireless controller, what else could you possibly want […]

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This past weekend, my girlfriend and I went to a barbecue. One of her cousins was on the computer, so I went in to say hello.
“What are you doing?”
“Playing Runescape.”
“Oh, I remember when I played that game. It looks much better than I remember it.”
“Yeah, I’m at max level for wood cutting.”
“Did you […]

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For this week’s Thousander Club update:
Game Hours: 262.25 (previous year) + 140 (current year) = 402.25 / 1000
Game Ideas: 616 (previous year) + 60 (current year) = 676 / 1000
Well, it’s been a quiet couple of weeks. I came back from Ohio on Wednesday, but my girlfriend’s nephew was in town. We went to […]

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For this week’s Thousander Club update:
Game Hours: 262.25 (previous year) + 139.75 (current year) = 402 / 1000
Game Ideas: 616 (previous year) + 57 (current year) = 673 / 1000
Last Friday, I left for Ohio and will out of town for most of this week. I have my laptop with me, so hopefully I’m […]

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