All posts for the month September, 2009

Heptapods and Cats

Yesterday went quite well. I only managed to finish three levels, but that’s because I decided to add/change some graphics, and because a major crash forced me to redo an entire area (I hadn’t saved after putting in all the creozoids). But I’m still happy with the results, so it’s all good. And finally seeing [...]

Grumble

Looks like I’m not going to be finishing Phenomenon 32 in September after all. It’s not far from completion, but level-building is taking longer than anticipated, and so is remixing the music. It’s not that any of it is difficult per se, or that I’m having conceptual or design issues – it’s just that I’m [...]

Tell me what you love… (Part One: Novels)

I wanted to write about some of my favourite books, and start the post with the idea that by knowing what someone loves, you learn something about them as a person… and then Verena stole my idea. And it’s hard to do something about it when you’re part of the same symbiosis. But I can [...]

Germany: VOTE LEFT

Once more – if you’re in Germany, get out there and vote. You know the CDU and FDP and NPD and Republikaner mainly stand for Evil, but also remember what the SPD and the Greens stand for. My friend Julian posted a partial list: War against Yugoslavia War in Afghanistan Privatizing the public sector, including [...]

Wer hat uns verraten?

I’ve posted this before, and I’ll probably post it again, but with the coming elections here in Germany this is an important reminder of what the SPD (the Social Democrat Party) actually stands for. It was the SPD and the Greens that went to war against Kosovo, a war as illegal and immoral as the [...]

Love, Hate and Music

My friend Ivo (aka Qondory Weary) has, once again, started updating his blog. I’d like to take a tiny bit of credit for that, though not more than 5% – after all, he’s a writer, and the urge for writing is alive in him. The one bad thing about blogging is that there is so [...]

Hmm, where did I put that podcast? Oh, the EMP Generator’s hypercapacitor crushed it. Damn.

There is no podcast, because I spent all my time working on the research system in Phenomenon 32, and forgot to record one. So no podcast for you, but nearly 30 things to research. Quite a few of them are even useful. Isn’t that awesome? If you’re bored, why don’t you read up on the [...]

Up

I’m not a huge Pixar fan. I admire their technical abilities, but I don’t worship every film they make. I liked Wall-E quite a bit, but Finding Nemo bored me and Ratatouille was excruciatingly bad (and racist to boot). I’m not one of the people who immediately light up the moment they hear the word [...]

I’d say something meaningful…

…but I’m too busy implementing the player side of research right now. Later I’ll take a break and we’ll go see Up, which I hope will be good (like Wall-E) and not utter shit (like Ratatouille). Oh, and a new podcast should be up today or tomorrow.

How You Can Tell That Your Wife Is An Excellent Cook

So you buy yourself one of them instant noodle soup thingies, something that’s supposed to taste of garlic and prawns. Turns out it tastes of nothing with an aftertaste of blah. Your wife takes the soup to the kitchen, puts in a bunch of spices, and it comes back tasting somewhere between good and yummy. [...]