Got myself a Wii !

About two years ago I owned a Wii for a 3 week period. Only game I really played was Zelda on it but shortly after I was offered a price I couldn't refuse for it (this was during the Wii shortages) so I sold it. Coming back to the present my girlfriend began mentioning how much she wanted to play Just Dance 2... so I think what the heck lets get a Wii then. This has ended up being one of my happier decisions in quite sometime so far.

A board game you can get emotional over??

I have been doing all I can to hone my design abilities and I am always looking for a new challenge. I have been doing a lot of reading and one area which multiple books have gone over is board games. They have all mentioned that created a board / card game will go a long way to helping better understand the entire game process. I have decided to take on this project (will even be ordering a blank game board etc to work with) and am looking to create something truly original. Much as we have heard from Peter Molyneux for years I am looking to make the player emotional while playing my game.

Batman Arkham Asylum first thoughts

I recently got my hands on a copy of the first Batman game which has ever been recommended to me (by many people). I will start by admitting that I am not a big Batman fan but am able to appreciate it for all it is worth. I am quickly able to see why this game has won so many awards.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

I know that this blog to this point still is not very popular ( I would be surprised if anyone other than me has even seen it) but if anyone does happen to take a look I wish you a Happy Halloween!

I had a pretty good one but had to cut it short due to needing to study for a history mid term.

I am still working on that Periscope Game project and I am going to attempt to give updates along the way about that but to this point really not much to report. I will be having a meeting with our client on Wednesday so we will have to see how that goes.

My first game and I am the lead!

Being a senior in my Computer Science major we are all forced to take a senior design class in order to graduate. Usually I would not be so excited about this but the professor had an interesting way of deciding who the team leads would be... he had us all submit resumes. Thanks to my internship at Creat Studios as well as my freelance design work with Gamenauts I was selected to be a lead for one of the 7 teams. This of course means that I have a much higher level of responsibility and will need to do more work but it should look amazing on my resume once I graduate. The next part which I have been excited about is the fact that I will be working on a game for the Navy base in Newport, RI. It is a game which is meant to help men learn how to use the periscopes in the submarines without having to actually be in a submarine.

I love developers with a passion for keeping fans involved

Some developers give you the feeling that they like churning out new games year in year out just to make a profit, but then if you look deeper you will find companies like Irrational Games. After a few seconds of being on the Bioshock creators website your quickly able to realize that these developers love games and love all their fans. There you can find podcasts, interviews, the games the devs are playing, as well as much much more.

What if Apple had purchased Bungie??

Recently we have been hearing quite a bit about Apple being furious when Bungie was bought out by Microsoft around the time the first Xbox was released. A major part of this is the fact that Bungie isn't only known for Halo; many fans are not aware that they also made the Marathon series for the Mac. Apple must have taken quite the hit by losing Bungie and all of their loyal fans. It is understandable that Steve Jobs would be angry because of this but one part of this story which not many people have been reporting is the fact that Bungie has announced that they gave Apple the opportunity to match the offer made by Microsoft. At this time Apple was not the super power they have made themselves today thanks to the iPod/iPhone/iPad and the resurgence of MacOS but you have to believe they would have had enough money to match the offer. If this is in fact true Apple really has nothing they can complain about..