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Directors Commentary 2: A Man About Town 18 Aug 2013 | 07:47 pm
Warning this post contains spoilers for my visual novel Something’s In The Air. It is assumed you have already played it before reading. If you haven’t played it yet, download it and play it first. ...
What makes a GEEK? 6 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
Between all the coverage of Comic Con, and You Tube declaring this week “Geek Week”, there seems to be a lot of interest in all things geek lately. It seems today that geek culture has somehow become...
“The Oil Drum” Shuts Down 10 Jul 2013 | 03:02 am
One of my favorite news sites The Oil Drum will stop posting new material at the end of the month. It was a great site for all topics energy related for over 10 years. During the BP Gulf Oil Spill a...
8.1: Microsoft Doubles Down on Stupid 27 Jun 2013 | 11:55 pm
A century ago the typewriter was invented, and because of a mechanical problem, the makers of the typewriter designed the keyboard to be hard for people to learn and use. A few decades later, the Dvo...
Our Dark Age Of Design 12 Jun 2013 | 11:50 pm
The opposite of a golden age is a dark age. When it comes to design and visual imagery, I believe we are living in a dark age. The last dark age was the 1970′s. I sometimes like to go to the Plaid S...
Lessons Learned From Beta Testing 1 Jun 2013 | 05:35 pm
After just shy of a month of my open beta test, with 30,000 downloads, I have learned a few things. Thought I’d post some thoughts, as well as give people an opportunity to point out other stuff I mig...
SITA: Top 10 Secrets and Stuff You Probably Missed 25 May 2013 | 02:02 am
1.) If you drop an MP3 file called “amecameca.mp3″ in the “game” folder, the band will play that song instead of the lame royalty free one that’s in there now. The song I would have loved to use ther...
Director’s Commentary 1: Another Date With Ariane 15 May 2013 | 02:46 am
Now that the game is out, I thought I’d write some commentaries on the game, throw some insights into my thinking. I’m doing this as a “Director’s Commentary” like you might have in a DVD if this was ...
GAME ON!! Something’s In The Air is Now Out! 10 May 2013 | 12:36 am
After more than two years in development, Something’s In The Air is now available for download at ArianeB.com/sita. There is a lot of downloading going on , so it may take a while to load the 180MB f...
And Then a New Bonnie 21 Apr 2013 | 10:02 am
I did a close beta test with a couple of people I know. They both indicated (and the truth is I agree) that the Bonnie the Bartender story was the weakest. Since none of you have seen the game, you ...
