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Entries from October 2007

I remember a time

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

When bleeding edge was the best place to be. I could spend hours and hours troubleshooting a silly issue from my 1-week-old-from-worldwide-release super high powered ass kicking video card and it’s seemingly random crashes from the 1-month-old-yadda-yadda-yadda motherboard.
I enjoy shit like that.
No more.
I spent probably 2 hours today trying to get my SLI […]

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Loner

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments


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Portal

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Started poking about in Valve’s Portal last night.
Way too cool.
Having a gun that can create a portal in virtual space/time makes for an immersive environment. I can’t imagine the kind of multiplayer chaos a portal “gun” could create.
Create booby traps, launch a portal at your enemy, have another player […]

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The picture is not the greatest, but Colorado rocks.

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments


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Catshoes

October 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I inadvertently created a new game on Friday when I tossed a patch cable across the office and hit our office cart dead on. My mind sparked and the proverbial light come on well above my balding scalp.
Get this: imagine Horseshoes in the office with looped network cable. […]

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Irrelevant

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Ever get the feeling that your passion and commitment in your career is ultimately irrelevant?
It happened to me yesterday. Eerie feeling to have.. especially about something you felt so certainly fervent about in the past. I care immensely, but that care, that personal investment really isn’t worth that much. It is a […]

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Finished Bioshock

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

For the first time in my life, I have made a single player game last 6 weeks. 6 weeks! Way better than the typical weekend it used to take. Life is full of other (better) things nowadays. The gamer’s regret isn’t nearly as bad as it used to be.
Overall, Bioshock was […]

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