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Bravery Tapes #3: Eric & Juan

Posted on May 15, 2013

Documentary I shot for LATimes about a gay Mexican couple struggling with immigration and equality rights is up, check it out!

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Tools and resources for making an indie game

Posted on April 20, 2013

Developing my indie game Postmortem, I’ve been slowly growing a list of programming libraries, art assets, and content-creation tools; hopefully it is useful to you!

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Everything wrong with indie film industry in a single classified

Posted on March 13, 2013

Craiglist community has recently started cracking and flagging down low/no pay freelance film gigs – this is why.

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Postmortem 3rd milestone – now with physics, walking and bumping!

Posted on March 9, 2013

The third alpha release of Postmortem brings proper physics and character wandering, with some funny side effects and bugs. Oh and a complimentary behind-the-scenes screenshot too.

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Tweetulator – futility of trying to keep up with Twitter

Posted on February 17, 2013

Annoyed with Twitter Flood, I made a small WebApp to calculate how much time you need to spend reading Twitter every day JUST to keep up, among other stats. Yea, good luck!

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Today I learned where HTML5 shines

Posted on February 14, 2013

WebApps and Games running Flash have been bothered by Apple’s refusal to support the plugin and its increasing bloat. HTML5 was touted as its replacement, which I never quite bought into. Until I learned that’s not where it really shines.

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How much “gameplay” is too much in narrative games?

Posted on February 3, 2013

Recent years brought us many “artsy” narrative-driven games with varying degrees of interactivity. But as the genre matures, I feel the gameplay is increasingly getting in the way of enjoying the games.

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What I learned from the first playtest of my game

Posted on January 29, 2013

I finally let someone else play my in-development Postmortem game, as I set next to them silently, grabbed a notepad, and watched. After an hour and two pages of notes, I learned a lot not just about my game, but game design itself!

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Postmortem: one must die – Announcing my Game and Recruiting Help!

Posted on January 10, 2013

You are Death. In a country torn by a violent domestic conflict and industrial revolution,a charity gala brings together a cast of influential and ambitious characters. But the Powers That Be demand you take one life tonight.
How will you choose?

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If you can build a virtual empire, why not a real one?

Posted on November 21, 2012

I used to make fun of Eve Online players, sinking countless hours in what has often been called “Spreadsheets in Space.” But as I sank timeless nights into Patrician 3, I realized there really is something about games that brings out the brilliant organizers and managers in us. Why not do the same in real life?

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