Double Whammy!

Less than a week before going to Greece for my birthday, I have an infected wisdom tooth. And the nerve inside the tooth is infected as well. I’ve just spent an entire evening having holes drilled into me, but it hurt so much they couldn’t even kill the nerve endings. …

Notes on Alphaland

Let me begin by saying that I’m extremely pleased with the positive response to Alphaland. As Verena can confirm, I’m always terribly nervous when a new game of mine is released, and this time was no exception. After the disappointment of You Shall Know The Truth, it’s encouraging to know …

Alphaland awaits

My new game, Alphaland, is now playable at Newgrounds! Play it, spread the word, tell your grandmother! This could not have happened without the incredibly kind help of Terry Cavanagh, who should be nominated for sainthood.

Thor

Since Commentarium is still down (working on getting it back, though), let me just briefly say that I really enjoyed Thor. Chris Hemsworth is fantastic, the writing and story are quite good and put the emphasis where it’s needed, the visuals are mostly excellent (occasionally brilliant), the music is very …

Absolutely Thrilling

“Absolutely thrilling” is what Condoleeza Rice thinks what Barack Obama’s achievement of having had Osama bin Laden murdered is. Now, don’t get me wrong: Osama bin Laden was a criminal. He deserved to be arrested and tried for crimes against humanity. He deserved to rot in prison for the rest …

The Nightwatchman Is Near

I may have a lot of things to say about current union leadership worldwide, but that a song like this can still be produced in today’s America is a very good sign. There’s a lot more fighting spirit left in Americans than what the media claim. And Tom Morello continues …

The Book of Living Magic, Progress Report 5

Quickly, quickly, I have work to do! The game is very close to being done. I’ve been slowed down by even more forms of physical unpleasantness, including a screwed-up back and a wife with the flu. Do you know what also slowed me down? My own stupidity. I forgot to …

The Guantanamo Files

Wikileaks has done it again – now they’re revealing hundreds of files from Guantanamo. The media, of course, will probably misrepresent these files, especially since they are written by the people working at Guantanamo and thus contain all sorts of highly suspect information. Don’t forget people were tortured to make …

Happy Easter!

Today Christians worldwide celebrate a pagan fertility feast that combines their Messiah with bunnies and eggs, which I’m not sure Jesus would have found particularly amusing. Nevertheless, I wish you a happy Zombie Jesus day. Oh, and he’s not coming back. Sorry. (Not that it matters. If he did, they’d …