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I still love my tablet
Some people think that tablets are done and over with. They’re too big, too limited. I guess it depends on your expectations in the first place but I still love my tablet and use it more than my phone....
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Mister Rogers invades House of Cards
So I’m watching House of Cards and I’m looking at Robin Wright thinking that I’ve seen the character, Claire Underwood, someplace else. I’m not talking about seeing Robin Wright in other things, we’ve...
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The WWE Network, it’s worth it
As much as a wrestling fan as I am (going on 30 years now), I only watch about 2-hours of wrestling per week on television…and even then not for a solid two hours. I watch Monday nights between 9p and...
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Be honest, do you need a wearable?
So I’m reading that wearables are now official since Google has talked about it…finally, the Dick Tracy watch is a reality. That’s great and all but some of the points in the Android video had me...
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Colbert replacing Letterman, change is difficult
I don’t blame Colbert for taking over Letterman’s spot. That’s quite the opportunity but I just don’t feel it’s the right move for us, the viewer. Colbert’s success stems from his writing team and his...
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Make your own Fisher-Price Klip Klop track ramp
We got our daughter a Fisher-Price Klip Klop Stable playset for her birthday and while she loves watching the horses bounce down the ramp, I find their simplicity fascinating. The horses are just...
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Why Wrestlemania will never come to Columbus
After Wrestlemania 30 last month, there were reports flying around talking about future sites of Wrestlemania and one of them was Columbus. This was great to hear and as a life-long fan I’d love for...
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For my dog Colby (2001-2015)
Colby was my first dog. I never had dogs or cats growing up. Best I had was a hamster. Not that I didn’t love that hamster but it’s passing and burial under the lilac bush in the backyard certainly...
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104,293 miles ago…
That’s a lot of miles…for anyone or anything. They weren’t all good miles. There were certainly some bumps (and flat tires) along the way, but it survived to see the end. But before I talk about the...
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Stone Temple Pilots and me
So the wife comes downstairs Friday morning and says, “guess who died?” What a great game to play with breakfast, huh? Without any other hints, my first answer was Ric Flair, but thankfully that wasn’t...
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It’s once again time to blog again
I was never fond of writing outside of my own blog because there’s always the risk of losing it. On the flip side, your personal blog will never get readers…enter Medium. I love Medium. I read there...
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Minimal viable product
The discovery of Pico-8 has me more excited about programming and creating then I’ve been in a long, long time. It’s accessible, it’s fun, it’s fast and it’s affordable. It’s very easy to get something...
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Create. Release. Repeat.
This week I released another game on Pico-8. It’s called BuzzKill and is essentially Space Invaders with killer bees. I know, sounds kind of silly but hey…so is space invaders. It’s my third game...
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For my cat, Frankie (1997-2016)
You read that right. My cat was 19-years-old. She passed away today. Frankie was my first cat. Hell, for intents and purposes, she was my first real pet. The only animal I had prior to her was a...
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Some buzz for BuzzKill
BuzzKill continues to exceed my expectations thanks to a link nod from PC Gamer. I recently wrote about BuzzKill getting a positive response from people who have played it. That was mostly via Twitter...
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BuzzKill development in tweets, a look back
Some people blog their development like a journal. For my game, BuzzKill, it turns out I documented development on Twitter without even thinking about it. It’s interesting to think that the...
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Invader Overload, a tribute to classics
I “released” another Pico-8 game last night, Invader Overload. That’s 3 games in as many months. That fact along is pretty amazing for me. When I bought Pico-8 to make games, I never expected to make...
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Starships
It’s funny that for all the “big” toys you remember and loved as kid – your Star Wars, your Transformers, your GI Joes – sometimes it was the small, “cheap” things that ended up making the biggest...
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Morning Toast
I’m a UX Professional & Developer by day but when free time permits… I make games I’m currently making small retro-inspired games for the Pico-8 console. You can play them online at the Morning...
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Design guidelines for Pico-8 games on the PocketCHIP
I found out about Pico-8 because of the PocketCHIP. The PocketCHIP got my attention simply because it looked cool, but once I learned you could play/make games with it, I was sold…and so were a lot of...
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