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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

At a press event last month Capcom announced two projects that I’ve contributed to: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. This was actually an image that I had made to justify … Continue reading

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massacre

There has been a lot of public mourning across America this past week in response to an event at Virginia Tech that has spawned a media frenzy. The amount of attention that this shooting has garnered took me by surprise … Continue reading

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zen vs blog

To blog is to flex your ego. Screaming out, not just to the people in your vicinity, but to the entire potential web browsing populace: “I exist!” Zen is about breaking free of the meme machine of mistaken narrative and … Continue reading

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The United Villages project offers internet to remote areas of the developing world, via a fleet of buses and motorcycles!

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America’s Imperial Overstretch

While listening to public radio during the commute home last Friday night, I had the joy of listening to an articulate and intelligent man. He had some neat insights into American foreign policy. His name is Chalmers Johnson and apparently … Continue reading

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Will Wright on Education

Will Wright has some interesting things to say about education in a recent interview with Popular Science about Spore: And a lot of it also is… you know, some of the most effective education is failure-based, where you’re given a … Continue reading

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New Job

The fine folks at Stormfront Studios have hired me to do character control and combat design on their new project which I will refer to as Ogre until it has been officially announced. I’m super excited to be working there … Continue reading

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Our Abstract Society

I went camping for two weeks in Ethiopia with my family during this past Christmas holiday. There is a lot that I would like to write about Ethiopia that I will save for future posts that may not be written. … Continue reading

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Lotek graffiti appearing in the Mission, SF

Someone has been tagging “Lotek” in the Mission recently. Gv: 18th between mission and valencia? AA: That’s the one! There’s also one on a mannequin on mission near 20th… on the neck! We don’t think that it is anyone we … Continue reading

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Adobe has a neat color theory flash application called Kuler. Check it out and then join the rest of us hoping that they will integrate this into their Creative Suite.

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