Execution is key on everything: from packing up your stuff into your bag to creating games. In the case of eating, to execute eating: you use your utensils, pick the food up, put it into your mouth, chew it, and then swallow it. If you don’t execute it well, you’ll be a toddler who uses his hand to pick up food and swallow food without chewing. That is the point I’m addressing today: If you can’t do it properly, why bother?

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Just look at that face. How can anyone stay mad at this guy?

Probably the biggest story in the gaming world this week had to do with the surprising, last minute delay of Sony’s upcoming platformer “LittleBigPlanet”. Now the gaming community isn’t exactly renowned for being patient so it was hardly surprising to see internet forums across the globe brought to their knees by a flood of posts by indignant, angry gaming geeks. I was, however, surprised at how quickly things started to turn ugly. Read more… »

I returned from this vegetarian restaurant downtown today after having eaten a meal that looked vaguely like something that fell out of a horse. I remember feeling disappointed at my inability to find pleasure in the “cool” things in life. Things like the trendy vegetarian restaurant downtown. Discouraged, I decided to fire up the Bioshock demo that was released on PSN recently as my first play through had been cut short and I was looking forward to finishing it. Ideally it would allay any concerns I may have had about always being “that guy” that bucks the popular trend just to be different. I bloody hate that guy. Read more… »