Well I found out our game didn't win. On the bright side we just got an article about our game in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Here's a link to the article.http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/

There is an article solely about our game in the Chattanoogan. Woohoo!!!

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_180893.asp

Here's some great news. Our game, Revolting Vegetables, was mentioned in the Chicago Tribune. Here is the link ( Read more... )

For those of you that don't know we've made a video game called Revolting Vegetables. (Emrys, my wife and I and another friend of ours made the game.) The game is designed to teach 9-12 year olds about nutrition. It's entered in a contest and the voting is happening right now as we speak! Please vote for our game to win. (voting period July 14 ( Read more... )

The title pretty much says it all. "I got fired today." Right now I have mixed feelings. On the one hand I feel kind of like a loser, because I got fired. On the other hand I hated working for that one manager and he made my whole work experience miserable. That in itself is a relief ( Read more... )

I got Strengths Finder 2.0 in the mail recently. I already had a used copy of Now Discover Your Strengths, but I needed some version of a new book to take the strengthsfinder test online. (2.0 is supposed to use an updated test.) Gallup has done tons of research and identified 34 distinct behavior patterns that can be considered raw talents. The ( Read more... )

I've come to the decision today that I'm going to start a video game company. I'm not going to start one tomorrow or anything, but that is the direction I want to head. In the meantime I think I'm going to look for a job in IT. I think that will make a good transition for me.

I usually don't remember my dreams, so I want to write this one down before I forget too many details ( Read more... )

There is a new holiday on the second Sunday in August called Fizzgiving. This is the creation of my wife, although myself and some friends helped her hammer out some of the details. What is Fizzgiving about? Well I'm glad you asked ( Read more... )

Here's a neat little "game" called Budget Hero that doubles as a learning tool. The premise is that you get to decide how to change national spending. You're supposed to reduce the national debt while spending on items that reflect the values that you picked. You can double click on any individual item to learn more about the issue's current ( Read more... )