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  • Published Elsewhere: Why I Quit Arkane to Go Indie

    Posted on November 16, 2012 | Posted In: The Game Industry | No Comments
    Anticipating the understandable reaction of my friends and family, I’ve been percolating on why I decided to make the risky leap to go indie and “make games for nerds”. After two weeks of fretting and navel gazing the product is now posted at Gamasutra as a promoted blog post. Big…

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  • Trivial Pursuit

    Posted on August 5, 2012 | Posted In: The Stuff | 1 Comment
    Somehow I’ve been labeled a connoisseur of useless trivia. It doesn’t much matter that I find the TV stereotype of the know-it-all know-nothing beyond insufferable, and I’ll admit that they’re only partly to blame. When they close up the opening scene of CSI with a quip about the mating habits…

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  • Games, Art, and Precious Little Snowflakes

    Posted on March 25, 2012 | Posted In: The Game Industry | 4 Comments
    I recently read a thoughtfully researched and intelligently written review of the PS3 game Journey (by Ian Bogost for the Atlantic). It reaches farther than most critical analysis of games and reads more on the level of literary criticism. Go read it here. It’s good stuff.

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