BEEP BEEP BEEP … that’s either the sound of a Tenacious D concert playing on Family Channel, or the sound of the OMDC MONEY TRUCK backing up to your door sometime soon. Er – excuse me, Ma’am … where do you want all of this here money? The Ontario Media Development Corporation announced last week [...] Keep Reading

We were very excited to receive our Chumby today in the mail. Chumby is an adorable, squeezable bean bag with a cuddly creature-shaped charm on it. You can hold it, cuddle it, or toss it around the room, though that might not be a great idea because it has a computer inside. It’s full of [...] Keep Reading

There’s an interesting but brief article at Massively titled “Could Smaller Be Better?”, asking whether the “massive” aspect of Massively Multiplayer Online Games takes some of the fun out of gaming. Before this company existed, i entered the 2007 Vortex Game Competition. The competition turned out to be a disappointing event catering to students, and [...] Keep Reading

KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers, or “Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess”, as it was called in America, is a graphic adventure game from the late 80′s. i mention it now because it had a really neat twist that has stayed with me throughout my career in game design. Keep Reading

While it’s still fresh in my mind, i wanted to commit to pixels the ideas that sprung to mind during the Adobe OnAIR Bus Tour. AIR is a product that lets you develop desktop applications. The apps can interface with the Internets and your user’s local file system. Adobe has taken pains to ensure that [...] Keep Reading