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March 16, 2006
For those who are getting linked here from who knows where - please read the follow-up post after this one. It makes things much more clear I think.
I've been reading up on the StarForce/Galactic Civilization II scandal this afternoon. I find the whole thing disgusting on several fronts. First and f…
I've been reading up on the StarForce/Galactic Civilization II scandal this afternoon. I find the whole thing disgusting on several fronts. First and f…
March 15, 2006
I'm officially addicted to this.
Today I've moved up from a single quad to a vertex buffer and index buffer, generating a flat mesh of several quads. The idea is to eventually turn this into a heightmapping system of sorts. Step one of course is to actually generate the mesh data.
I got the mesh gene…
Today I've moved up from a single quad to a vertex buffer and index buffer, generating a flat mesh of several quads. The idea is to eventually turn this into a heightmapping system of sorts. Step one of course is to actually generate the mesh data.
I got the mesh gene…
March 14, 2006
Well, I've gone and put my foot in it, big time.
I just couldn't bring myself to go back to work, so after some procrastination of a more mundane variety, I ported the C++ version of Habanero over to C#. It isn't very clean code yet - most of it is just one experimental hack after another - but I've…
I just couldn't bring myself to go back to work, so after some procrastination of a more mundane variety, I ported the C++ version of Habanero over to C#. It isn't very clean code yet - most of it is just one experimental hack after another - but I've…
March 14, 2006
This afternoon I got back from Quiznos and decided to slack off for a bit before going back to work. (On a totally unrelated note, walking a 3 mile round trip and getting a sandwich out of the deal is absolutely awesome. Do it often if you at all possibly can.)
So about 1:25 I decided to have a shot…
So about 1:25 I decided to have a shot…
March 12, 2006
Well, I feel dumb. I just finally made a really simple mental connection that I wish I'd figured out a long time ago.
Several months ago I made an entry here about my Habanero project, one of the dreaded Game Engine Projects that I was intending to use to develop some game concepts that have been ro…
Several months ago I made an entry here about my Habanero project, one of the dreaded Game Engine Projects that I was intending to use to develop some game concepts that have been ro…
March 09, 2006
On Conceptual Integrity
I've mentioned before how our team at Egosoft works. Basically, ideas and feedback are gathered from the community, filtered by a group of volunteers, then examined by the core team and merged with our own internal plans and concepts where appropriate. All of this is then pas…
I've mentioned before how our team at Egosoft works. Basically, ideas and feedback are gathered from the community, filtered by a group of volunteers, then examined by the core team and merged with our own internal plans and concepts where appropriate. All of this is then pas…
March 08, 2006
Today is a good day for my auditory senses.
First, I took delivery of a shiny new pair of Altec Lansing AHP712i active noise-cancelling headphones. They're not exactly hardcore-audiophile equipment, but for the price ($80) they're definitely worth it. The noise cancellation doesn't catch loud or sha…
First, I took delivery of a shiny new pair of Altec Lansing AHP712i active noise-cancelling headphones. They're not exactly hardcore-audiophile equipment, but for the price ($80) they're definitely worth it. The noise cancellation doesn't catch loud or sha…
March 05, 2006
I aspire to greatness.
For as long as I can remember, I've had a sort of thread running in the CPU of my brain, monitoring my activities and recording things the way one might assemble a documentary. Sometimes this thread focuses on the mundane: "Here we see a sickly-looking specimen of Apoch brushi…
For as long as I can remember, I've had a sort of thread running in the CPU of my brain, monitoring my activities and recording things the way one might assemble a documentary. Sometimes this thread focuses on the mundane: "Here we see a sickly-looking specimen of Apoch brushi…
March 02, 2006
So yesterday I bought a black 2003 Taurus. Not the sexiest ride in the world, but it works, and it's a lot more fun to drive than a Buick. Dropping $13,000 in a single chunk is a bit surreal, but it was fun.
I got the car from CarMax, and the buying experience was great. This is a very good thing, b…
I got the car from CarMax, and the buying experience was great. This is a very good thing, b…
February 26, 2006
It has been brought to my attention that my last post is ridiculously huge. I'm not sure whether to offer to pay hospital bills for those who endure reading the whole thing at a single sitting, or offer prizes.
In other news, shopping for good used cars is a pain in the butt.
In other news, shopping for good used cars is a pain in the butt.
February 26, 2006
Some historical context
NOTE: If you don't care about my navel-gazing musings, you can skip to the good stuff, starting after the horizontal bar below.
Those of you who have followed my activities for a while (you sick, voyeuristic freaks!) know that a while ago I was working heavily on research for …
NOTE: If you don't care about my navel-gazing musings, you can skip to the good stuff, starting after the horizontal bar below.
Those of you who have followed my activities for a while (you sick, voyeuristic freaks!) know that a while ago I was working heavily on research for …
February 24, 2006
Originally, I set out to do a sort of "Day in My Life" entry, that broke down what I do at my job on a per-hour basis. I started 2 days ago around 6:30 AM, which is when I woke up. [My sleep schedule has been totally random lately, which is partly really cool, and partly really disorienting.] I the…
February 20, 2006
Writing is a funny thing. Every now and then, I get a weird sense that I have something to say, but I can't quite place what it is. Typically, I'll cast about for a few hours, trying to figure out what exactly it is that's making my brain itch; typically, I fail at this. At some point I figure out …
February 16, 2006
I'm having a very mixed experience with VS2005.
The look is nice, aside from the toolbars, which just look dull. (Why does Microsoft have this compulsive need to invent a new way to render toolbars every year?) I really like the new Start Page over the VS2003 launch mode. The installation was fast (…
The look is nice, aside from the toolbars, which just look dull. (Why does Microsoft have this compulsive need to invent a new way to render toolbars every year?) I really like the new Start Page over the VS2003 launch mode. The installation was fast (…
February 15, 2006
Well, I found a reasonable service that would haul off my car and get me a tax-deductible charity donation receipt for it. So I don't get any outright cash, but I will get a writeup worth, at the absolute least $150, and likely substantially more. I get to find out the actual value once the car is …
February 13, 2006
Well, my car is dead. There's a rod broken loose in the engine that's pretty much destroyed things, and the timing computer has tried to "compensate" by downtiming the engine so much that it barely runs. It currently sits, dejected and stripped of all my belongings, at a local garage.
They want to m…
They want to m…
February 09, 2006
I've been up since 4PM yesterday, and it's great. It feels kind of weird to be winding down at 6:40 AM, but at least I'm no stranger to bizarre schedules.
I finally figured out how to start a GDNet Gathering group, so now all us other Atlanta area people have a group. Hurray. I really don't expect m…
I finally figured out how to start a GDNet Gathering group, so now all us other Atlanta area people have a group. Hurray. I really don't expect m…
February 07, 2006
I was awakened early (read: before noon) this morning, about 9:30ish, and amazingly enough I've been running strong since then, with just a short hour nap sometime around 8PM. I'm sure my mother would kill me for doing this (she was always big on the early-to-bed, early-to-rise thing) but I definit…
February 04, 2006
Well, day three was supposed to be Friday. Friday morning I woke up sometime around 10 AM feeling utterly horrid, and promptly went back to sleep. I seem to be fighting some typical winter-type bug; nothing serious, but definitely a pain. It's amazing how a low fever and a little achiness can get i…
February 02, 2006
So Day Two is coming and going. I slept in until about 1PM today, which frankly I don't really care about, because I know I'll work late to compensate for it tonight - and in my new work environment, nobody else minds, either.
It's a bit hard to stay disciplined and actually work, when nobody is hol…
It's a bit hard to stay disciplined and actually work, when nobody is hol…
February 02, 2006
I made a mention in a comment on my last entry that I've been thinking about doing a nice rant on why typical, American Dream, 9-to-5 jobs are the evil spawn of Satan. Actually, I'm really only going to rant about why my particular 9-to-5 was so terrible, but there should be plenty of ranting mater…
February 01, 2006
Well, I am now officially a full-time industry professional. Today is my first day of work at Egosoft working on the X game series. Those of you who have been here before (and are masochistic enough to come back) know that I've already been working with Egosoft for over three years now, beginning a…
January 26, 2006
Holy crap... I'm so tired that I completely forgot to mention that I finally installed my TVWonder Elite and got it running tonight. I also seem to have broken my sacred tradition and posted a journal entry that does not fill a browser window at 1280x960. My only excuse is that I've been writing fo…
January 26, 2006
The hour of dread is finally at hand! Draft one of Digging the Ultimate Sandbox is now posted for you to pick apart and violently disagree with. It's in Word format, partly because I am an evil Microsoft drone, and partly because the GDNet+ webspace won't let me upload RTF files, and the idea of ZI…
January 20, 2006
Every few weeks, I find myself in a position where I'm lurking around on GameDev, and my "regular" forums aren't updating. Usually these are the times when I rediscover forums like Software Engineering and Game Design, which never fail to have some really interesting stuff (despite moving very slow…
January 16, 2006
So I was thinking of writing up the article that I threatened you all with. Actually, I've been thinking about it a lot. Originally, my intent was to do an analysis of abstraction methods and embedded languages in game development, and propose a mechanism for generating dialectic languages on-deman…
January 06, 2006
A week ago, on December 29th, my Grandpa Jim passed away. I found out by way of an email from my parents the next morning (well, it was technically afternoon, because I had that Friday off of work for the New Year's holiday, and there's no way in heck anyone is gonna catch me awake before noon on a…
January 03, 2006
So I'm drinking another Bawls on Gin at the moment, surfing around a bit, getting ready to crack open the copy of Pulp Fiction that I just got from Netflix. I have three pieces of advice for my readers:
1. If you have not seen Pulp Fiction, rent a copy and see it.
2. If you have not signed up for Net…
1. If you have not seen Pulp Fiction, rent a copy and see it.
2. If you have not signed up for Net…
December 28, 2005
I think I might keep my flatmate. Lately he seems to be starting this trend of actually having some significant value, aside from being an efficient resource sink for my Moon Pies and other valuable edible commodities.
You see, he has concocted a drink. Anyone can invent a drink, but this one is rea…
You see, he has concocted a drink. Anyone can invent a drink, but this one is rea…
December 20, 2005
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my fourth and most recent nephew, Chase Andrew. All seven pounds, one ounce of Chase got permanently stuck with my weird and goofy family at about 7 AM on December 17th.
His big brother Chad is currently in a state of quantum flux, not entirely sure of whether to…
His big brother Chad is currently in a state of quantum flux, not entirely sure of whether to…
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