So, I haven’t posted in a while. Things are more or less the same here.

I love my job, it’s awesome to finally have a job where the only thing I really don’t like about it is the possibility that I will lose it (it is a contract position, after all).

Did Go Play Northwest, which was fun. We didn’t kill ourselves trying to game in every session, so ( Read more... )

Sunday we went to a beer festival and celebrated fathers day. Monday we had dinner with friends. Tuesday had choir people over. Wednesday had gamers over. Tomorrow I’m going to the men’s chorus show. Saturday we go down to Oly for an event with Paul’s family. Sunday we’re going to a housewarming.

Needless to say, tonight I’m happily sitting on the ( Read more... )

Boo. I’m full of disease. I guess I got what I was asking for, I was hoping for a lot of sleep and chill time, and I got the flu. So that’s a thing. I don’t seem to be getting much better though, which is making me wonder if it’s the flu or something else. But that’s what insurance is for. Ironically, on Friday we were hanging out with friends and ( Read more... )

I haven’t been updating because it largely seems like there’s not enough going on worth blogging about. Work, choir. Not a lot of gaming has been going on, people have had a lot of long work weeks, travel, and general madness. This week I’ve been working late a fair amount, but not working tomorrow because of the choir tour. I’m glad that the ( Read more... )

So. Hi, internet. I know I haven’t really posted a lot lately. I’ve been busy, not necessarily with anything worth blogging about. Hanging out with people, which has been awesome. Work’s going well, starting to slowly adjust to having to commute. Now I mostly have to adjust to the fact that I can’t do chores when I’m taking breaks from whatever I’m ( Read more... )

The new job is definitely going well! I’m working on a report on a study that was already done one Joy Ride, the Kinect title, which seems like it’s going pretty well so far! I think I need to cut back on the cafeteria lunches, or at least limit myself to salad, but if that’s all I have to complain about, you know things are good! It’s taking some ( Read more... )

Paul and I have established what our weapon choices are if we are in a post-apocalypse survival scenario. And, additionally, where on our persons to keep the weaponry. Two of my choices lead to controversy/discussion: a sawed-off shotgun strapped to my right leg, and choice of a baseball bat (preferably metal, but I’m flexible) that I can grab off ( Read more... )

I was offered a contract with Microsoft Games Studio, as a User Research Engineer! To answer the questions I’ve been asked: No, I don’t know what game I will be working on, they work on a bunch of games, on games produced internally within Microsoft and games made by other companies for Microsoft platforms, including Xbox/Kinect, Windows Mobile, ( Read more... )

There, I said it. I know that, especially in the indie gaming community, this is tantamount to sacrilege. But…I dunno, I just don’t like it. Whether it’s traditional gamers and their “let me tell you about my character” fervor or indie kids and their “let’s discuss this game mechanic (or whatever piece of minutiae) until our ears bleed” tendencies ( Read more... )

I took a sick day today. More mental health than anything, considering I was so sick last week but it was one of the busiest weeks ever. Disease, tons of work, choir, business trip, socializing, more choir. The business trip didn’t go terribly well, but in the long term it’ll be fine. Choir left me with pretty much no voice, but the retreat was a ( Read more... )