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Life vs. Hobby – take 1 of many

Erik — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:17:38 +0000

This is my first Life vs. Hobby post. I say first because I’ve been doing this long enough to know that there will be many more. I was pretty lucky while working on Project Wish that life didn’t get in the way more than it did. Having no kids yet helped quite a bit. [...]

tehinternets

Erik — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:00:52 +0000

So I was reading TIG yesterday about an interview with Braid-creator Jonathan Blow. It seemed like a pretty good read, and I had nothing better to do, so I read some of the comments. It didn’t take long to see that TIG is full of anonymous children who think TIG is their playground to [...]

Life without an Xbox360

Erik — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:40:15 +0000

Rue the day, my friends! Rue it! If you ever find yourself without one of those devices you have grown so used to, it becomes painful to go about your business. The 360 has become that for us (my wife, son and I), but not for the reasons you might expect. I can’t say [...]

OnLive to change the face of gaming?

Erik — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:28:42 +0000

Haven’t heard of OnLive? I hadn’t either. Apparently they have been in operation for 7 years without anyone knowing of their existence. That is one tight-lipped company. Check out their site: OnLive.com

Not to start the hype machine, but I knew this day *could* come, if the right people got together. I follow the [...]