For the first time in nearly a year I feel properly sad, and I really miss you up north people.

As of 2PM this afternoon, I have been offered an Engineering Internship From June 29 to September 18 with Sony in Foster City. Assuming I pass a background check, I have my first paying job in the game industry ( Read more... )

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http://www.playauditorium.com/

The most prettiest, most relaxing and intriguing flash game I have ever played. I REALLY hope the full game gets made.

Holy Crap. This explains a lot.

http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom#page1

I want to make one thing very clear. I am not, at this point a skilled games programmer. I know C++ pretty well, but I have really zero practical experience making any kind of working, stable game. I'm clueless about animation, I can barely figure out how a simulator works and my input routines are sloppy at best ( Read more... )

People always talk about how the trees in Yosemite are amazing... The giant redwoods, the huge forests, etc. I would beg to differ. Trees are everywhere. Yes, there are a few particularly large ones, but really, they are just trees. Nobody ever talks about the rocks. Trees, you can see anywhere. They may not be as huge or red, but they're ( Read more... )

I started keeping a real one, and damn.. It's nothing like LJ. There are some thoughts that are really better off not put on the internet ( Read more... )

So, I think I just got the job that will launch my career. I'm using the engine of my dreams and getting that much closer to working with the company that makes it.
I have a position with a title. I have pay. I'm doing more than just coding... I have inputThe only downside is that I'm now booked solid from 9AM to 6PM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ( Read more... )

Yesterday sucked. Gmail wouldn't accept my homework as an attachment, my documents were saved in the wrong format, and I was hurried and rushed through lunch with my mom and my favoritest cousin. By 10, I had barely started my Japanese essay and had yet to make a dent in either my history or my other Japaneses assignments. I got to bed finally ( Read more... )