Beautiful Musings

Forums to me have to be some one of the ways to easily spot ignorance. Now we all have our right to bitch about things god knows I do, but at least do it with some sort of intelligence (not like most people have that). So I am reading some forums because I want to get someone else's take on certain trends (I'm talking mobile not fucking fashion) and I see it all the time, shit like "if company X wants to succeed they should do this" or "I can believe this company is doing this cause it sucks". Now here is the thing, some companies do things they feel is right for the company and of course some of us are going to be alienated but think about it mass market appeal is what some companies want.


Take for example Apple, as much as I dislike Apple they have a way of doing things that make sense. When they decided to launch a tablet so many people (mac fanboys included) bitched about how stupid it was. Can you even imagine if Apple decided maybe our fans are right we should cease production on this iPad device and listen to them. Well the iPad accounts for 17% of their total revenue, 17%!!! This company does what they think needs to be done in order for their revenues to keep growing. Yes some people feel left out because that's not what they wanted Apple to put out. Here is a forum post I found and I need to share this with you guys, "I can't believe this! All this hype for something so ridiculous! Who cares about another freaking MP3 player? I want them to think differently! Why oh why would they do this?! It's so wrong! It's so stupid!" This was posted on a mac forum back in October 2001 after Apple announced the iPod. Imagine if that guy was in charge of Apple and said that well the company would probably be no where instead of the powerhouse that they are. 


Companies give a fuck about your opinion until they have your money is it wrong? I guess but a company has to make money no matter what. Vote with your wallet you idiot, you self-absorbed self-important prick. I did, I purchased a phone last year hated it, returned it, most people love the phone (Evo 4G) also let me clear something up I hated the OS not the hardware, the point is I voted with my wallet. If a company you support is moving away from the stuff that you supported them for then yeah start looking for alternatives or conform. I didn't conform, my cell carrier is all about Android now but there are alternatives I am just waiting for something I like. If what I want is not available then the very real choice of carrier vs platform is a huge decision. Think of it this way though if the carrier doesn't want to carry your platform is it enough to make you jump ship?


I'm done sorry so long but I have a lot of time to kill. LOL!! 


Flash sucks who the hell needs it? Time to move on.

A moment of perfection

Yesterday was our first brainstorming meeting and it was incredible. Within a few hours we had almost the whole game mapped out, meaning levels planned, bonus stages and a million other ideas that were discussed.

The plan of action at this point in time is very simple, art, art and well art. This is the part where initial designs will come together. I have one rough sketch so far and a few others on the way. It is critical at this point to remember that not all of the ideas will make it in to the final game but the ideas we did have might their place in some way shape or form. 

Yesterday it was five of us throwing ideas out so fast it was getting hard to keep up but the creative energy in that room was amazing. We discussed user experience, also game play mechanics and even sound. This is from one sketch and a small discussion about a yr ago. Said discussion has spawned the idea for 2 games. 

And that's why I talk a lot BUT I also listen. You never know where inspiration will come from. When inspiration does come, that moment when it hits you is a moment of perfection.

And remember kids K = Black 

Would you like to further your education?

What the fuck is going on here? I am getting bombarded with phone calls and e-mail asking me if I am interested in going back to school. I mean really? is school attendance that far down that you have to start cold calling people and asking them if they want to go back to school.


I love how they try to get you too, "you know with this recession going on it's always a good idea to go back to school this way you can blaaaaah blahhhhh blllllah". Such a pain in the ass. And then they say well computer are really a good field to get into. I say yeah 12 years ago. Computer techs now have A+ certifications but make like 10 an hr now. Web development you can learn online for almost free. N+ certification pretty inexpensive as well. Programming is harder to learn but with a few books and a good compiler you can learn that too. 


Why the fuck would I pay 30K to some fucking school to learn something I can learn on my own? For a piece of paper that says I know how to do it? Times are hard I mean if you're a kid yeah it'll make sense. 18 yrs old don't know shit, yeah go spend the money. But in your 30's have bills a mortgage making ends meet is hard, sure let's pile on new school debt to it all. I'd rather shoot myself in the face with a remote control rocket launcher. Brings me to an earlier point, if college attendance is that far down maybe it's because IT'S TOO FUCKING EXPENSIVE TO GO TO SCHOOL!!!People probably can't afford it. And you know the amount of debt that you incur yeah it'll take yrs to pay off.


I'm not saying don't further your education but if you choose not to I understand. So early so angry so sorry.

Oh man

I just received the first piece of concept work and it looks fucking amazing and it's a rough, Paul Carnegie is a fucking bad ass to be sure. I can wait to show you guys all this stuff.

We are trying to setup a meeting between us all just to get some brainstorming done. Let's see what comes of Sunday, maybe Monday I'll have some juicy stuff to show you.

Budgeting is killing us so everything is going to be super polished for what we can afford. Super huge thanks to NDA company for hooking us up with free app submission. WOO HOO!!! Getting good now. 

Also noticed that I actually get a little money for those ads, so help us out instead of us asking for a loan to help pay for the games and stuff click an ad or two we are using it to help with the funding.

More to come soon!!!

Part of the wait is over

Now under NDA and it feels great. The project has a future and the name and logos are going to come together soon. We will let the cat out of the bag soon but there are parts we will not be able to discuss of course but this is going to ROCK. 

I got the e-mail about 15 minutes ago. I am extremely happy needless to say but I have to share it. Onward and upward as they say.

Check you guys tomorrow.

This wait sucks

Going through pre-production really does suck. Just a ton of waiting and waiting. Waiting to see how the first pieces of concept are looking, whether or not applications I have filled out for where I want our games to appear will go through and the worst waiting to see if we are going to be financially ready to take on making games full time.


At this point in time we have concepts and ideas nothing else to really go on except a ton of talent and dedication from the small group we have. Managing this group is simple for me because we are all on the same page all we have to do is execute (harder than it sounds). Time is always the biggest factor, since we have no true budget we have to work on this stuff on our spare time. So after a long day of work or school we work, sending e-mails, making phone calls and texting like crazy.


This is the stuff that dreams are made of. A very smart man named Rahul Sood said "Entrepreneurship is living a few years like most people won't, so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't."


Sounds good to me.


ODG FTW! 

A dawn of a new day

So I have been sitting here thinking about some of the stuff I want to do and the things I have planned. I recently got back in contact with my friend and partner Chris and we have had a few good ideas as of late so we are going to put them in motion. 

This prompted me to re-think this blog and give it some actual structure and just random ramblings even though I'm sure that will still happen but now I am going to use it as sort of like a dev blog. Yes ladies and gentlemen Chris and I own a game company but we have both lacked focus and now I think we are ready. I talked to a few more friends Paul, Jamie, Lucienne and Chad (still missing one) but we are almost ready.

We have a plan for 2 mobile games and we are going to actually work on our site (finally). More details as they happen. But our site should be live in about 3 weeks and we should have a few screen shots by then as well. The site is going to be bare just some contact info a few screenshots and our logo but nothing more than that. We want to get to the meat and potatoes of it all. As far as platforms that's still a bit of a secret I'm waiting to hear back from a few companies so then we can move forward.

Catch ya'll soon.

Carlos

Man, TV truly offers nothing. So I am sitting staring @ the TV and I feel my IQ dropping. It's filled with trash and stupidity. Bad shows worse commercials ah the magic of television. Someone makes all these decisions to put all this shit on TV and they must make tons of money. What does it take to put these shows on the air? And all those commercials ugh, Febreeze Noticeables have  you just tried cleaning your house? 22 seasons of Survivor? What is so real about reality television? How often does a camera crew follow you around? Anyways I am starting to read as now and even though the stuff I am reading aren't considered literary masterpieces it's still a lot smarter that the drivel on TV.

The Dance of the Unidentified

Not the average insolent
little boring sympathy beggar
Keep your expensive acceptance
I prefer my own
I can smoke my own ego in a pipe without having to taste yours.
The indecent part of me likes to battle it out
knowing only that nothing you say can
turn me over
or turn me out
the one thing I have over you is control
I roll on and you roll back
I took the trash to the corner and found
myself smiling in your puddle of drool...
so much panting for one little day...
all one way
all the same
all cuts down to one small thing...
attention gained the wrong way
stays the wrong way
and the faces people make at you
will keep you tanked and suspicious
and you never come around
never see that it's all you
all your misery is you
all your suicidal threats
all of your singing and dancing...
you are the only one who hears the music
but we all watch you dance
and it's all in your mind
because no one is watching you
and no one hears the music
it's blown your mind...
how best to keep friends...
how best to be
it's blown your mind that you can be anything but what you are....
take it with you...
pinch it all you want
I don't think you will wake up
I don't think you will ever be aware.
Hold on...it's going to be years before you finish dying
but you started so long ago.
Such surrender
to the insignificant
such devotion to the world of superficiality
and false identity
and all for what?
to come across the way you never meant to.
who's that girl.
you don't even know yourself.

By: Zaida 

I can keep rhythm with no metronome

The way I see is that sleep no matter how necessary it's hard to deal with. I mean look I love sleeping but the fucking bitch escapes me. I used to think I just liked staying up late but I realized little by little I have a hard time sleeping. What's worse is that I actually fall asleep for abt 20 minutes then poof I'm wide awake for hours. As of now I'm just trying to watch something to fall asleep so I can get up early tomorrow but now I'm thinking about what else I have to watch. 


I was reading Insomnia a few weeks ago and I felt a lot of what was happening. The sleeping quickly but the waking earlier and earlier or the taking forever to fall asleep. The latter is called Sleep-Onset Insomnia that's the one I suffer from with a sprinkling of Transient Insomnia. I just want this to end so I can sleep. Tick Tock Tick Tock 


That's some bad hat Harry.

As consumers wander

As we took a trip to our local mall I started thinking about how people mill around the mall. So we get there and the milling is in full effect staring at the sales in the windows of all of these different stores. Of course it's Valentine's Day so the mall if full of people wearing red and holding hands with others. There are GIANT signs that say Love and Be My Valentine and of course I smile because some guy named Valentine was executed on this day and thus we now have Valentine's Day. Where was I going with this... Oh yeah so as I watch all these people buying shit they don't need spending money they don't have I wonder how this society has become so powerless and sheepish. How did we get to the point where buying stuff makes us happier than learning something new or holding a conversation about something deeper than the case you have around your iPhone? So as you wander around your local money wasting establishment in search of that ever needed product X that's going to change your life for 48 hrs before you put it in your closet and head out to look for the next ever needed product try to ask yourself is this really truly needed? Not like that will happen but I like to dream.

Funny I read something the other day that says common sense is so rare it should be a superpower. Think about that.

My first blog post

Ok so a friend of mine (:cough Sam cough:) has been telling me that I should have a blog, so now I have one and I'm not happy so far. So I am going through the you're stupid so let us design it for you portion of the site and lo and behold guess what I find? NO ACCESS TO COMIC SANS!!! What kind of travesty is this I want it to look the way I want but I can't choose my own font?!?! So I went with Arial and Helvetica because I can't even choose Papyrus.


Anyways this is my first post and it was pretty tame so ya'll come back periodically and it might make you laugh, cry, think and curse up a storm but most likely not at the same time and even more likely not in that order.