T w e n t y S i d e d
I guess Otaku thinks he can just go around inventing new words. That’s fine, I guess, but… otakusphere?
Otakusphere?!?!
The sad thing is I know I won’t be able to resist using it. It’s going to leap out in conversation sometime soon. And I know I’ll get strange looks when it does.
Object-Oriented Debate
There are two major schools of thought about how you should write software. Here's what they are and why people argue about it.
Quakecon Keynote 2013 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
Rage 2
The game was a dud, and I'm convinced a big part of that is due to the way the game leaned into its story. Its terrible, cringe-inducing story.
In Defense of Crunch
Crunch-mode game development isn't good, but sometimes it happens for good reasons.
Batman: Arkham City
A look back at one of my favorite games. The gameplay was stellar, but the underlying story was clumsy and oddly constructed.
I win!
btw – presently otakusphere is a Google Slice – a search term that returns exactly one hit. Not for long, though :)
google slicing is harder than it looks…
Man the site is really going down hill quickly. My head is bowed in shame.
Heh. Just used “otakusphere” in an e-mail… we may have to arraign Fledgling Otaku for war crimes if it catches on.
Of course, I was writing about the popularity of Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya when I wrote it…