I gave my sister a copy of Small World for Christmas. For those who are not aware, I am pretty serious about my board games. If you are interested in game design, as I am, there’s often a lot more …More
Tag: computer game
Gainfully Employed!
July 16, 2006
This was a great week on the job hunting front. Jo got a job offer from Volkswagen – they want her to work in the Palo Alto lab on hybrids, fuel cells, biodiesel, and other green stuff – which is …More
The Trains are Gone
January 8, 2006
Long exposure of the gang car throwing up sparks I am all caught up on my blog now (don’t miss the pictures from the bonfire below). I’m heading back to campus tomorrow. My dad and I packed up the trains …More
One Week til Summer Time (w00t)
June 1, 2005
Which isn’t exactly an encouraging thought, given the mountain of stuff I need to do between now and then. I started knocking things off today, though. This morning I took the French SOPI, a silly oral proficiency exam given on …More
PhysX for Retards
May 19, 2005
AGEIA’s “PhysX” physics chip supposedly provides hardware accelerated physics for computer games (and ostensibly other applications). This is an interesting idea, as interactive physics are important for creating convincing virtual worlds. Even a bare-bones matrix math accelerator chip would be …More
