T w e n t y S i d e d
My earlier post made me think of the image below, which was making the email rounds a few years ago. I don’t even remember who sent it to me or where it came from, but it’s always been one of my favorites.
This is not that far from the truth.
Autoblography
The story of me. If you're looking for a picture of what it was like growing up in the seventies, then this is for you.
Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
Mass Effect Retrospective
A novel-sized analysis of the Mass Effect series that explains where it all went wrong. Spoiler: It was long before the ending.
The Gameplay is the Story
Some advice to game developers on how to stop ruining good stories with bad cutscenes.
Seven Springs
The true story of three strange days in 1989, when the last months of my adolescence ran out and the first few sparks of adulthood appeared.
Heh, I have a variant of that poster hanging in my cube (this is pretty much what I do)…
Man, I remember seeing something a lot like that as Xerox-ware 30 years ago. Scary that it’s just as relevant today as it was then.
Bureaucracy would have designed it like the analyst, except without the left-side support.
Instead there would be hanging from the left branch at least one geegaw (insisted on by the legal department), a whatsit (to fulfill Minority/Women Business subcontracting goals) and a dumbfoozle (required to obtain federal funding), and they would be balanced by a huge thingamajig to the right (forced on the project by a politician).
And don’t forget the peons sticking bandaids on the cracks in the remaining support…
Oh good lord. And I just heard today our analysts are so far behind us programmers are being retasked with writing requirements. For stuff that’s already been developed, natch.
I think I must post this on my cube.
Ha! Sounds like our work! I mean, not where I work now…another place. A place I USED to work at, you know…before.
I like the subtle Discworld reference…
HAHAHAHA…. it just keeps getting better!
FYI.. it took me 2 days (at work) to read DMoTR… yesterday and today…lol :D