If this is to be believed, Radiohead are now approximately $10 million richer. I’m also a cheapskate, apparently, because I only forked out 2 quid. The album’s alright, BTW.
Author Archives: Erik Novales
Game AI
I recently saw a link to this blog entry by Christer Ericson (of SCEA), which is a pretty amusing rip on an academic who has tut-tutted the game development community about poor AI. (Definitely check out the video linked in the blog entry to get the proper context for this entry.) I frequently see gamers …
Cold Medicines
As a recent sufferer of a nasty cold, I had my first opportunity to use nighttime cold medicines without pseudoephedrine. I bought some Tylenol Cold Head Congestion and put it to work, comparing it against the remainder of a box of Nyquil that we had which did contain pseudoephedrine. Strangely, even though pseudoephedrine is alleged …
Mask of the Betrayer is out
The Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer expansion pack is out in the US now, so go pick up a copy. 🙂 (I didn’t work on it directly, but I did help out at various stages consulting on bug fixes and feature additions, particularly relating to the toolset.)
EA Buys Bioware and Pandemic
The story is here. Since I’ve worked pretty extensively with Bioware‘s stuff before (for Neverwinter Nights 2), I feel somehow obligated to react to this…heh. This is an interesting acquisition, and while I’m not any sort of expert in corporate finance, I do not think that this is necessarily a good move for EA. Why? …
Been sick
I’ve been feeling under the weather for the last week or so, which is why I haven’t really written much. (We’ve been stricken by a pretty bad cold.) I do have some more stuff in the pipeline, which will hopefully be thought-provoking and interesting, so stay tuned…
CDs going away?
The Compact Disc is increasingly becoming a delivery format rather than a playback format. It’s hard for me to say when this became true for me — probably in the last couple of years, during which time I can’t remember the last time I turned on, much less used, the CD changer in my entertainment …
PSA: Mountain Dew Game Fuel
It’s not bad, actually. I bought one of those fridge boxes of it, and have been slowly consuming it. It has kind of a strange aftertaste (rinsing afterwards with water is probably not a bad idea), but it’s overall fairly pleasant to drink. I can’t say that I’m clamoring for it to become a permanent …
It’s Up to You
Radiohead has taken the interesting step of self-publishing their new album in downloadable form, for a user-defined price. People who pre-order the album (due October 10th) are presented with a form where the price for In Rainbows can be filled in, along with a question mark. Clicking the question mark leads to a page that …
The Day of Travel is Over
I’m back home again after my mileage run’s final leg back to Orange County. All flights went smoothly, with no changes or unexpected problems, although for a while it looked like the flight from Charlotte to Phoenix would be bump city because an earlier flight was cancelled. I should be getting a shade under 6,000 …