http://www.fattymoo.com A bunch of cud I keep chewing. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:15:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's something about listening to a presentation on migrating to Symantec Endpoint Security with a back beat of synthpop that makes I.T. seem so much more glamorous. I've never been so pumped to perform an upgrade! http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=20 Galvin P. Chow over at Metaphilm.com has written up an interesting piece comparing Edward Norton's character in Fight Club to an adult Calvin, while his counterpart 'Tyler Durden' is the latest incarnation of his imaginary psychosis, Hobbes. In the film Fight Club, the real name of the protagonist (Ed ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=18 There's a big difference when you meet your clients as a game developer, and as an I.T. tech. The latter only seems to warrant disdain. http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=17 I’ve decided to keep in my current thread of the underappreciated, often overlooked, positions that I am familiar with when it comes to game design. This week, I’m going to focus on that of the Quality Assurance employee, which can be broken down into several levels. In the ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=15 Though I’ve been taking a bit of a break from the wild and wacky world of game development with the all too familiar story of ‘I need to eat’, I’ve stayed in the technical sector and thought it may be interesting to note some of the parallels. As I’ve ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=13 A few weeks ago at the Game Developer's Conference (and every conference I've been to prior) I heard the usual guff about how games now need more innovation. I've honestly come to the conclusion that this isn't actually true. Yes, innovation is nice. Innovation builds more innovation which leads to ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=6 Reading Psychochild's recent blog post titled "Why games will still matter" he touched on the subject of the use of avatars. Brian claims that people "...tend to ignore the avatars while chatting because they aren't important." I'm going to disagree slightly with him on this point. Being a bit younger than ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=7 Well, I suppose if I actually have a blog, I should write in it. =) One of the topics that has recently caught my attention in the MMO world is that of the ‘community’. If we take a trip back ten years, to the world of the text-MUD and when ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=5 I've finally evolved from the glorious world of written press and done my first podcast.  After what I can only describe as a week of trepidation, I got the call from Kwip over at NeenerNeener.Net and had a (surprisingly) really fun time doing the interview.  I'll have to attribute this ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=4 Recently I've had the privelage of working with a couple sites, conducting interviews about Meridian 59. I'm loathe to say it was 100% fun, as I'm still new to the whole interview process. I made it through in one peice though, and they didn't come out half bad. In Honor of ... http://www.fattymoo.com/?p=3