A decades-old Best of Show ADDY Award? We just got one! What a weird feeling. Back in 2010, your Game Writer Guy worked with Haley Miranda as the primary writer for a Scion (Toyota) webgame centered around the tC coupe. The project was difficult but fun, the client was happy with the result, bills were […]
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What Will ChatGPT Do To Game Writing?
ChatGPT and game writing… is that a thing? Definitely. At first glance, you may be scoffing at the idea. AI writers? Horning in on my NPC dialog and the text in my design docs and back-of-box marketing material? Never! Not on my watch, good sir! Okay, sure. But let’s change the scenario slightly. You’re some […]
Videogame Names… AKA Who’s Playing First?
Console and videogame names are funny eccentricities of the games industry. Our guest hosts Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, here to help us commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original videogame company, have a few words on the topic of videogame console names! Bud Abbott: Well, Lou, glad you can make it to Atari 50, […]
The Gmail Spam Filter Is Destroying Human Communication
You know that handy Gmail spam filter that is keeping most of the spam out of your inbox? It’s also totally broken and destroying the connections you’ve spent your entire life building. Is it possible to put a price tag Gmail’s spam filter has always been aggressive. Why? People get tend to get a lot […]
Zoom Update Suckage
The Zoom update process sucks. Here’s how to fix it. Are Zoom updates chafing your hide? Now that almost all of us tech types are spending hours in Zoom every week, optimizing the Zoom experience is a big part of tuning our survival. And the default Zoom update hokey-pokey is galling in the extreme. As […]
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China Stops Kids From Playing Videogames
“Kids shouldn’t play videogames.” Where have we heard that before? With this sweeping legislation last fall, China clearly threw its lot in with the curmudgeons and scowling parents in a desperate attempt to sound feeble, manipulative, and out-of-touch all at the same time. I totally understand the urge to refocus the youths on important things […]
The Austin Videogame Writer Liked on YouTube: The Ocean Cleanup begins cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Your Austin game writer thought you might appreciate this video: The Ocean Cleanup begins cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The nonprofit global cleaning crew called The Ocean Cleanup, led by founder and CEO Boyan Slat, announced recently that it had reached viability of its ocean plastic-collecting System 002 technology and plans to begin cleaning […]
The Austin Videogame Writer Liked on YouTube: Weekend Update: Hypnotist Linus Minus on Hypnosis – SNL
Your Austin game writer thought you might appreciate this video: Weekend Update: Hypnotist Linus Minus on Hypnosis – SNL. Hypnotist Linus Minus (Mikey Day) stops by weekend update to give a hypnosis demonstration. Saturday Night Live. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3j1IRUk Subscribe to SNL: https://goo.gl/tUsXwM Stream Current Full Episodes: https://ift.tt/W7EASp WATCH PAST SNL SEASONS Google […]
Amazon Enables Spammers By Taking Away Review Comments
Have you noticed that you can’t comment on a product review on Amazon any more? One of my favorite uses of this feature was to ping a buyer for updates on their initial reaction to a product. A product really shows its stripes after a few months of usage, not at the initial unboxing. Additionally, […]