Technology
Skynet Will Not Be Created By Man
Aug 4th
“On August 4th, 2024, Skynet will become sentient in one of Amazoogle’s massive data centers. It will seize control of all news and media outlets and people won’t even realize that the machine have taken over.” The fear that Google will create Skynet is overblown. I think if the end comes, it won’t be through More >
Making Flash Games into a Platform
Jun 25th
Today, I finally announced a project I’ve been working on. It is a service called “AlwaysOn SaveGames” that provide remote storage of save data similar to Valve’s SteamCloud but open to Flash developers. You can read the announcement for more details, or the about page for an overview of what I am trying to provide. More >
The Lies We Tell : We never lie
Jun 5th
Actually, I lied in the title, everything you hear from video game marketing and press releases are 100% the literal truth, as everyone knows. However, they are crafted to tell the truth but make people see more in the statement than there actually is. They do this through lies of omission or lies by implication. More >
MVC is just another pattern, not a Platonic ideal
May 22nd
There was been lots of discussion about the MVC pattern in the programming blogs recently. A lot of it has to do with the rise of Rails to bring MVC in the forefront of web development. What is interesting to me is that while design patterns in general have been looked down upon, somehow MVC More >