From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Las Vegas: Sin City Scenery, Part 1

November 30, 2009
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Ooh, you like that title? That’s alliteration. I think. Yup, I’m in Vegas. Mostly to escape Phoenix while I finish up Arvale: Treasure of Memories (and meet up with a great game-tester) , but also to do a little bit of touristy stuff.

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Arvale: Treasure of Memories Release Date Announcement

November 27, 2009
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It will be December 4th. There, I said it. Now it’s official. So now I gotta stick to it.

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Happy Thanksgiving, Be Thankful

November 26, 2009
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I sincerely hope your turkey doesn’t look like that. Although it would be a lot more memorable in the future if it did (how many ‘wonderful’ ‘perfect’ turkeys do you remember? Yeah, me neither), so maybe I do

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AJATT QRG: The Movie Review

November 25, 2009
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This post is all related to learning another language based on the AntiMoon or AJATT way. If that’s not your thing, you can safely skip this post It’s been awhile since Khatzumoto from All Japanese All the Time released his Quick Reference Guide, which I reviewed here. Since then, he released a fantastic sentence pack, [...]

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LA and Back Again, The Short Tale of a Japanese Visa

November 24, 2009
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Yesterday, I went to the Japanese Consulate to get a Visa. That pic above was waiting at the airport to go to Los Angeles. This woman was typing furiously on a device which I thought must be a a Blackberry or similar. Upon closer inspection, it was this:

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Escape from Hellenvyrde Gameplay Video

November 22, 2009

Here’s entertainment for your Sunday Afternoon For those of you who want to see Escape from Hellenvyrde, but don’t want to actually get Neverwinter Nights just to play it (read: everyone)– I’ve recorded this 20 minute video for you. It plays through the entire demo so you can see the gameplay and conversations. Vimeo is [...]

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3 Pictures To Make you Laugh

November 20, 2009
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Taking a quick break from Arvale and Game Design stuff because this is simply funny. I am always on the lookout for funny stuff, especially situational humor and ridiculous pictures. Many of my friends and family members know this and send me stuff to ‘check’ if it’s funny or not. The above pic is an [...]

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Arvale: Treasure of Memory Update, Almost Done

November 19, 2009
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It’s 1:00AM and I’m blogging an update on Arvale: Treasure of Memories for you. That’s how dedicated I am I’ll just post a bunch of screenshots first as it will give me some time to formulate words:

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MMORPGs Suck, And Are The Future of Gaming, Part 2

November 16, 2009
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We’re continuing from Part 1: here. We left off with my gaming friend B-Dawg reporting that: ‘Online Games have expanded the experience  beyond waiting for your friends to come over and play. Like, what’s Street Fighter without a human opponent?’

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MMORPGs Suck, And Are The Future of Gaming, Part 1

November 14, 2009
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I’ll most likely get in trouble for this post. Lots of developers disagree and many have their eggs in this basket. But someone has to say it, might as well be me For the record, MMORPG refers to Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. This refers to games like Everquest and World of Warcraft. There [...]

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