Progress on the new version of Phenomenon 32 is surprisingly fast, despite the occasional crash. I’ve already implemented several types of terrain, enemies, things to collect, a simple attack, anomalies, and hit points. And I like the minimalist look – it really does have something eerie. And it reminds me …
My experiments with Construct have proven most… constructive. It looks like Phenomenon 32 will be split up into two different games after all. This is good news. Trust me. I wanted this very badly. The story wanted it very badly. It means sacrificing a few nice touches, and many hours …
“War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against each other.” – Thomas Carlyle Today is Memorial Day in …
I signed up for Twitter. My main motivation is to annoy my friend Julian, who hates Twitter. But I’m also genuinely curious as to whether it makes any sense. It also seems like a good way of adding smaller updates to this website – I don’t want to write a …
I’ve been in a bit of a crisis regarding Phenomenon 32. Even though at times I’ve been really satisified with it, now I felt that it was just too simplistic, and that it ought to be split up into two different games. I played around with Construct, creating a little …
Last night I dreamt that we were going to some kind of summer camp in the mountains. A bunch of famous people were going with us, including Martin Luther King, Jr. – despite the fact that even in my dream, he was dead. Malcolm X might also have been there. …
Richard Biggs, an actor I greatly admired, died five years ago today. And I still can’t get over the feeling that that really wasn’t supposed to happen; that something went wrong in the universe. Because I think he would’ve been my ideal actor; he would’ve been perfect for my films. …
Well, today’s my birthday (and Mr. T‘s). I was going to post about all the cool presents I got (including Christopher Lee’s autobiography Lord of Misrule, An Other Cup and Star Maker) but then I read that the US Senate has voted to block the closing down of Guantanamo. The …
“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.” – Malcolm X Today is the birthday of one of the bravest and …
We’re leaving tomorrow (or today, rather, if you’re into that sort of pedantry) to go visit my old friend Julian in Berlin, so no updates over the weekend. And now a random recommendation: Hugh Laurie’s novel The Gun Seller is absolutely brilliant. Some people insist on calling it a “spoof …
