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Archive > March 2009
New Music From Andy Zipf
One of my longtime fav’s just played in Des Moines, and I was fortunate enough to catch the show at the Mars Cafe. He’s been crisscrossing the nation for quite a while, but I’ve rarely been able to catch him in action. Last night I got to hear his latest songs live, and man…can he [...]
Triple Shot of Acoustic Groove
Whew, my voice is just starting to recover from last week’s triple shot of acoustic shows in the Des Moines area. The Vaudeville Mews, Being There Coffee, and Starbucks all played host to the Finn Miles crew last weekend!
Coming up, we’ve got a bit of a touring gap…but don’t worry, it’s with good reason! We’re [...]
Game Developers Anonymous
I’m at the GDC with the rest of the Intuition collective, and we spent all Monday and Tuesday attending the Independent Games Summit. It was an amazing experience…as expected. I was touched by a particular talk from Alec Holowka (Aquaria) and Tommy Refenes (Goo!) entitled How to Finish a Game Project You… Hate?
They discussed their [...]
To Be With You
As usual, a wonderful time was had at the Finn Miles acoustic show at Being There Coffee in Altoona, IA. Thanks to Tyke, Kara@Being There, and all of the fans and friends who made it a special night!
What Happened to EA? – A Failed Manifesto, Part 2
I did some more research, and the results I found as to why EA failed to achieve its manifesto are pretty sad.
The Game Industry of the Early 80s
During the early 80s, we had Atari raking it in with lots of consoles in homes, although they were totally screwing over developers by doing so. Developers basically [...]
Weird Dreams #1
It was 4 am and I couldn’t get back to sleep, so I thought I would start writing down some of my dreams with the hope that I might remember them for future use in my work, or maybe they would inspire someone else to use them, too. Here’s the first:
I was young again and [...]
The Butterfly Effect – A Model for Game Design?
I was listening to the band Muse today and came across the song Butterflies & Hurricanes. After looking up the lyrics, I realized that the song was using the concept of the butterfly effect to inspire people to live their life to the full, and that it could easily be extended as a tool in [...]
What Happened to EA? – A Failed Manifesto, Part 1
Chris Hecker’s Website
I’ve been visiting blogs of people I respect, and one of them linked me to Chris Hecker’s website, which is infrequently updated and more of an archive at this point. I remember hearing about his rantings given at various GDC talks, so I thought I’d poke around a bit to see what I [...]