From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Do not multi-task! Just single-task?

June 30, 2009

Blech, I dislike mornings. I’d like to like them. There’s something romantic about waking up and watching the sunrise, the birds whistling their morning calls, and Snow White singing outside my window. Alas, I’ve yet to see any of this in real life. But I digress… All my fellow geeks are lifehackers are going to [...]

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Music Writing Tips for the Adventurous

June 28, 2009

Because they really can’t teach this stuff in school. Well maybe they try to at Berklee College of Music or some trade schools. But you’re not going to go there because you are wise (or cheap, or too young/old, etc). This can’t be contained in one article, as it’s way too broad a subject, but [...]

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Japanese Language Learning for the rest of us.

June 26, 2009

I receive a few of random visitors looking for help on Japanese Language Studies. And it’s no wonder. Doing a quick Google search on Japanese Language Learning or instruction will turn up a bunch of crap from ‘Learn Japanese Fluently in 2 weeks!’ to ‘Come learn in Japan in 6 months with your pre-college student [...]

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Game Design, Main Characters, and the Monomyth

June 24, 2009

Arvale: Journey of Illusion sold a bunch of copies on Windows Mobile, a bunch more copies on iPhone, and a disgusting amount of copies were bundled on a bunch of GPS devices. But that has nothing to do with this article. Arvale is a great game and it was successful for many factors. It’s still [...]

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Some site changes, nothing big… yet!

June 22, 2009

Been making a lot of modifcations to the site, mostly on the back-end; so if you notice anything weird, missing,  or not working, don’t freak out… yet! The classic Jaybot7 recipe is being slightly modified so its ingredients are more healthy, tasty, and with less preservatives, all to serve you better! I’ll leave the game [...]

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What kind of games do you want?

June 20, 2009

Since I finally have some freedom, and I’m full of determination (and caffeine), I’ve got lots of ideas floating around in my head on some new games to develop. And I wish any readers out there who dig the Arvale games, Broken Blueprint, etc; or simply dig my music or my style in general to [...]

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Monkey Islands…

June 17, 2009

I don’t really follow gaming news anymore, as I have tons of other people who do that quite diligently and give me an update if I ask. But something huge caught my attention (I know this is way old news to some of you) just the other day when dropping by Ron Gilbert’s site: Lucasarts [...]

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iPhone broken… New Games added!

June 16, 2009

I woke up yesterday to my iPhone saying it wanted to simplify my life by not allowing any incoming or outgoing calls, or emails, or sms. While I appreciated the kind gesture, I decided to negotiate with it by plugging it into my computer and restoring it to a phone which does not make decisions [...]

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Jaybot turns 30, realizes life is complicated.

June 14, 2009

I lost the job of being an English teacher in Japan for some incredibly ludicrous reasons at the last moment. Of which I will save for another time. I have something else to write about now. Perhaps vastly more important. I am incredibly conflicted right now. Everytime I play a great video game, or I [...]

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