So I got 120 stars (the last level to fall was the Toy Time Galaxy Purple Coins). Now I’m not sure if I can be bothered to get another 120.
Category: Games
“Smart and Gets Things Done”?
I work for a big games company as a senior programmer, and I’m a regular on the interview loop. While I’d love to hire candidates who are smart and get things done, the reality of the situation is that more often than not I also have to hire candidates with…
Guitar Hero 3
Picked up Guitar Hero 3 (on PS2) today. I got it with the (wireless) guitar since I have one wireless guitar already, and it supports co-op play apparently. It’s not bad. But discounting for a moment the song list, it’s not quite as good as the first two. Just in…
Games Library
My games library (excluding stuff in the basement) is now online, thanks to Tellico.
Projects update
This morning I did a bit more work on the MAME cabinet. It’s coming along slowly. I now have both sides cut out (and they match each other!) and the slots cut for the t-molding, which I received in the week. The slot cutter bit was too big to fit…
IF Comp so far…
Rated: 9 Completed: 1 Still trying to complete: 3 Bugs found: 3
Books I keep at work
The working bookshelf of a games programmer.
IFComp 2007 is on!
The 13th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition is underway. There are 29 games this year, quite a manageable number for once! Hopefully among them will be a few gems. Get on over there and grab ’em. In previous years, these have been some of the best game experiences to be had,…
Concurrency in games
I’ve been programming next-gen consoles for a while now, and I have to say: it’s not getting any easier to write games to take advantage of multi-core systems. The conventional wisdom at my company is: writing multithreaded code is hard, so “ordinary programmers” should not be doing it – let’s…
Media consumption
Ben Board, my ex-colleague, good friend and co-conspirator in the realm of cryptic crosswords, has a gamasutra column/interview piece talking about his current media consumption. By comparison, my media consumption (what a prejudiced phrase, but let’s go with it) is a bit more skewed towards books. Sounds: Daft Punk‘s Discovery,…