As you can tell by the timestamps on the posts below, this blog hasn’t been updated for a long time. If you’d like to see more recent writings by Mike, check out http://www.chaoticstupid.com. Mike also occasionally posts articles on websites like Gamasutra.com and Tutsplus.com. Finally, Mike is on Twitter and likes to talk with people…
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Confessions of a Nerd who is Learning to Love Football
When I was a kid, I had plenty of reasons (or so I believed) to hate the sport of football — but I think I can trace it back to one week in particular during 7th grade. I’m an August kid. For those countless masses of you of you lucky enough NOT to have been…
Why do games cost so much to make?
This was an FAQ I got from a lot of people, most recently from Youtuber Rebellion3112. My most recent attempt to explain it got so long that I thought it might just be better to post it here so that everyone can enjoy (and so in the future I can redirect people here and lazily…
Short Story: The Feast
Hey everyone, I wrote a short story a couple months ago called The Feast. It’s about a family that gets trapped in a cave by a host of demons, and must tell it stories in order to escape. The story is told in an old-timey fairy-tale sort of voice, and I think it worked out…
Childlike Imagination
Our friends over at GeekDad just keep writing great stuff about Skylanders: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/skylanders-accessories/ The article I linked above has one passage that made me stop and marvel. They don’t actually use the Skylanders DS styluses to play on the DS at all. Firstly they used them to create their own plays in a make shift…
Writing about Game Design is hard
I feel like I have a lot to say about the subject, but that writing it down isn’t the best way to get that across. Writing about some esoteric point or another requires laying a ton of groundwork just to even have a chance of getting to the point. It’s exhausting. I know Vincent Baker…
Really cool youtube “Lets Play” of Skylanders
Youtube user tealgamemaster has put up a really cool full playthrough of Skylanders. If you’re not worried about spoilers, certainly check it out. My favorite thing is how he starts off and it seems like he is prepared to hate the game. His impression slowly grows more and more positive as he plays until he…
Skylanders!
Hey guys, Sorry for the lack of activity here. I’ve been sick for a while, and I’m starting to get better. In good news, though, Skylanders reviews are coming in and the first few are good! WOO! Wii Sku Review – 90% http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/28068 360/PS3 Sku review – 85% http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/Skylanders-Spyros-Adventure/Item3246.aspx Pro tip – Get the Wii…
Re: Getting Into The Industry
A viewer on our youtube channel sent me an interesting question: Hey guys, first off, I really appreciate the videos for the insight they give about professional game development. I have been wondering however, how did you guys get into developing videogames? Not necessarily into the industry (although I’d find that interesting as well, I…
Image: Data visualization – Art or Data Structure?
I was working on a coding project and I had a need to visualize a Data Structure I was making. One of the iterations ended up with this image. I thought it was so cool, I saved it. It looks like a neat Modern Art painting.