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CHANGES BIG AND SMALL
June 3, 2010
So right off the bat you may have noticed the site has something different but you can't quite put your finger on it. That's because I've replaced the banner across the top with a cleaner updated version of the Cerrrax. The new Cerrax was created about a year ago, but I was too lazy to change the banner on the website. It looks much better now than the old hand-drawn one. Not a big change, but that's because there are plenty of other changes IRL! For one, I have started both new jobs which has poked a huge hole in my free time. This means the [RANT] and the site itself may be updated less frequently than I like :/ Oh well. No new games out, and no real other efforts, though there are a few on the table until more funds can be produced (hence having two jobs). There are a few games I am working on. First is a strategy board game centered around modern aircraft dogfighting. Second is a card game that uses turn-based tactics to stage a fight amongst Roman gladiators. Both have some production issues (i.e. I have no money to print/manufacture test batches) and haven't been tested yet, but I've put some serious planning into both and with enough effort, they could come out nicely. Nothing new with music, art, or videos but I have some ideas. My music mainly has taken a hit because of some equipment problems. Besides Kontakt Player being a massive pain in the rear, it seems I may be finding the limits of my RAM, since running Guitar Rig 4, XLN Addictive Drums, and Kontakt 4 all at once has caused Logic to have an aneurysm sometimes. I've checked the memory usage a few times and it seems all fine, but I am cutting it close. Between NI begging me $400 for Kontakt to work properly and my laptop begging for some more RAM, I have a bit of investing to do before I may get my music back in a groove that I can work with. All in all there's so little to do and so much time!.....Wait, switch that :P

A HELLO, A REUNION, AND A GOOD-BYE
May 18, 2010
Quite a bit has happened in the past few weeks. I remember reading about a little game called Split/Second that had a description very similar to Excite Truck, a game that me and my friends played to death. Basically it's a racing game where you can trigger traps along the course to crash your opponents much like the Terrain Morphs in Excite Truck. You also accumulate the points needed for these triggers by performing drifts, jumps, drafts, and close runs, also very much like Excite Truck. But its is in no way a direct copy. Since it is a 360/PS3 game, it is so much more graphically and aurally intense than the Wii could ever hope to be. Not to mention much better pick of music and GUI aesthetics and the use of muscle cars instead of trucks to give it an edgier, over-the-top feel instead of the more cartoon-ish feel of Excite Truck. Overall, the games tries to meet and exceed the template set by Excite Truck and it succeeds. Speaking of success, that exactly what Sabaton has accomplished with their new album "Coat Of Arms". I think it's their best work to date and you can read about the whole album in my newest [RANT]. In other music news, I also have gotten a new work out. Inspired by the ferocious action of Split/Second, I popped out a new song, "Unnatural Disaster" which I have been using as background music for the game. I think its fits quite well the the frantic action of the game. You can find it on the Music page. Another piece of music news is a sad one. The historic heavy metal frontman Ronnie James Dio has died. The powerful singer of Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell, will be dearly missed. On that note I forgot to mention before that a few weeks ago another metal legend died. Peter Steele, the frontman for gothic/doom metal group Type O Negative has also died. It has been a brutal month for metal fans. RIP to both incredible musicians.

SUMMER APPROACHES
May 4, 2010
Another change has been made to the site! The Other page has been deleted and replaced with a link to [RANT], a blog I've started to well.....rant. For those who care, just follow the links. First Rant is already up. Feel free to post comments and such. Other than that I've got a job interview coming up and PROTOMEN tonight in Pittsburgh! It will be a great show! Been getting into a lot of board games lately (as anyone can tell from my Facebook status). Frag, Munchkin, Settlers of Catan, and hopefully soon a new board game that I have been working on. It would be nice to start play-testing it soon and seeing how well it works. Should be fun! But if this interview goes well then I will have a lot more on my plate but I will also finally have some capital to produce the game with! Busy times for sure.

A FEW IMPROVEMENTS AND SUCH
April 25, 2010
There's been a bit of an update to the site that you may have noticed. The blag was getting ridiculously long and so I did the responsible thing and split it into pages. Now updating the site will be just as easy as it was before and it won't be one long list that puts a longcat to shame. In other news, school is wrapping up and summer break approaches! Hopefully a little extra free time can produce more than just boredom. No good games coming soon, but movies this summer look promising, with Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood looking pretty awesome. But as of now, nothing exciting on the horizon...yet. Just final exams and job searches. Fun fun fun.

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