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Friday, January 20, 2012

Crowdsourced Translations

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Just a link to a good post by Adam Saltsman on Gamasutra about the experience of using crowd-sourcing to localize the popular iPhone game ...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

SOPA Blackout Day

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Today is the day a lot of major internet sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, Google and many others are blacking themselves out to rai...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

iPhone Audio Controls Rant

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I've been meaning to complain about this for awhile. Dreaming, nay fantasizing, about complaining about this. Really. I had this fantasy...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Cherry On Top

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I put a reference to Cherry On Top frozen yogurt in Highborn and now Cherry On Top has announced on their blog that if you take a screen sho...

Merry Christmas from Jet Set and Floyd

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I did another quick Jet Set Games Christmas picture. I didn't get a chance to spend as much time on this one as I would have liked....
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Birth of the First Real-Time Strategy Game

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I happened to look at the trivia section for Dune II on Moby Games . I found the following entry: This game is commonly called "the f...
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Friday, December 09, 2011

Blade Runner, the Cool Twitter Kids and I

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One of the cool things about twitter is getting to listen in on people (I was gonna say famous people, but that sounds lame, especially wh...
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Copy & Paste Customer Service

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Following this introduction is my exchange with a Blizzard customer support representative regarding the issue in my previous post. Now, ...
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Thursday, December 08, 2011

Diablo III beta

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I have been in the Diablo III beta for two nights now. At this point it sucks because I can't play. I got to play a little last night,...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Ain't it Gory

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The following is a reposting of what I just wrote on Westwood's facebook page: Here is an old Westwood game I am sure you have never...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

EA is PUNISHING early Battlefield 3 pre-orders on Origin?!

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I pre-ordered Battlefield 3 on Origin in mid-August. Later I heard that as a Battlefield 3 Pre-Order incentive, they were giving away a copy...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Highborn Chapter 3: The Audacity!

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It occurred to me today that I was so worried about the blog artwork that I never did a post about Highborn chapter 3: The Audacity , which ...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Another Small Fix

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I've gotten half a dozen comments on my last post via twitter, email and IM and yet not one comment on the post itself. would it kill yo...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Which In-App Things are Players Buying?

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Flurry recently posted on their blog about the shift of revenue from paid apps to freemium (free with in-app purchases.) They noted that 6...

Little Blog Fix-up

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I did some little fixes on the blog the other night to at least make it readable. I re-did the background graphic, darkening it to a shad...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Balloon Prank at Jet Set Games

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Again, blog layout and artwork still broken. Been too busy filling Josh's office with balloons to fix it. Josh went on vacation and w...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Dear Battlefield, "Я не говорю по русскому"

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Alright, I know I still haven’t fixed this damn blog’s artwork. Any time I actually have the time lately, I’ve been playing Battlefield: Bad...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Pissed at Valve

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Alright, so I still haven't gotten time to finish the blog updates. I spend my weekends in California with my girlfriend and almost ever...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Work in Progress

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I am obviously working on updating the blog's artwork and layout. This isn't what it is supposed to look like, I got interrupted whi...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

1 Louder Than 10

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Last week Jet Set and Electronic Arts unveiled the limited beta of Music Construction Set: The Blues . It isn't so much a game (yet) as ...
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Joseph B. Hewitt IV
I have been working in the computer/video game industry since 1985 and am once again looking for a job as a game designer.
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