Various entries, links, musings too minor to merit a full topic-heading.

In regard to the art style for my next game, blogged about here, I decided to go with the cartoony style (tweaked a bit). Thanks for all the comments/feedback.

BTW, if you’ve only been reading the main entries on this blog, you’re missing out. Half the good stuff is in the comments – I thank all those who respond to the articles, even if they strongly disagree (especially if they strongly disagree). In particular, check out the back and forth on the Hobbyists vs. Professionals article, and the Portals are Good article.

A couple of interesting spoofs/pranks on the casual game industry have recently come out on the IndieGamer forums:

First, Chuzzle author John Raptis posted (in disguise) an announcement of a casual game generator, threatening to render us game developers obsolete. It’s revealed as a prank towards the end of this thread. Pretty clever.

Second, there’s the Casual Game Name Generator. Self explanatory. It suggests that my next game should be called “atlantis gem shopper jeweled”.

For gamers out there of a certain age (ahem), there’s the Video Game Critic’s Atari 2600 Reviews. Lots of good reviews and screenshots of the old classics. Good nostalgia for me. I’m not sure if I should be proud or embarassed that I played and remember almost half the games listed there.

Interesting article here on 13 issues/enigmas in science that do not make sense.

Check this out – the leader in the ESPN NCAA bracket pool (currently #1 of 3 million entries), has all four of the current final 4 teams correct, including George Mason, and had 7 of the elite 8.

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