Transitioning from 80 hour weeks of heavy multi-tasking to a slow 40 hour week has been difficult. My project is done and i'm basically a bit in limbo...which is good because i'm sure I can use the break, but has done funny things to my head ( Read more... )

I'm now 7 months into being a lead game designer on a major project ( Read more... )

So, sorry for deeply neglecting this journal. Life has been a bit mad. All my creative juice has been eaten up as of late by my video game designs, both for work and my own private designs ( Read more... )

I quit my job at Treyarch and start my new job at Superbot Entertainment tomorrow. I'm now a senior designer, which i'm told is exceptional given the time frame i've been doing it. That said, my portfolio of work has gotten pretty amazing and I got called a "genius" and "brilliant" by some pretty talented guys on the way out the door. I've got a ( Read more... )

Thought is manufactured ( Read more... )

I only believe in things I believe have a method to be disproven ( Read more... )

I vividly remember an interview I once saw with a veteran porn actor. He was an elderly man that wasn't and had never had been particularly good looking. He explained that he came into the industry at a time when the assumption was men preferred porn that depicted average looking men having sex with very attractive women. They believed men would ( Read more... )

I love used books more than pristine ones. The frayed corner top-left corners, the slightly faded ink on the 67th page where someone put their thumb, the bend of the first page, the fade of the front versus the back due to sunlight...I love them for the little details. The mysteries hidden beneath the surface ( Read more... )

My good friend Ketonia, who's one of the coolest ladies in the entire world, made me commit to write a self-help book for women. Given how busy I am with my job as a video game designer, it may take a while. But, I wouldn't have agreed if I didn't think I'd actually do it. So, any of my spare, non-video game design writing is very likely going to ( Read more... )

One of the most central ideas I subscribe to is that you have to comfortable with other people using your own logic and principles against you ( Read more... )