This is just sad.
A federal jury this afternoon found that an Austin police officer and two former officers did not use excessive force against Ramon Hernandez, whom they were videotaped beating in September 2005.
There’s a video linked from the article of the event in question. There’s no disputing that Ramon Hernandez should have been arrested, [...]

Puzzle Quest is a fun game. If you haven’t yet played it, you should. It’s quite a simple game on the surface, but gets much deeper as you continue playing and gaining skills. Where the game gets even better is in how you choose to utilize your skills (including which skills you bring to battle) [...]

Starbucks had apparently been paying shift supervisors out of the baristas tip jar. So a judge in California rules that this is illegal practice, and the company has to pay baristas the tips back, plus interest.
Starbucks claims that this is unfair to shift supervisors. That shift supervisors should get to share in the tips.
Can one [...]

I was interviewed earlier today for an industry perspective regarding an incredibly tragic incident which happened here in Central Texas. My short snippet said something to the effect of, “If parents object to a game their kids are playing, they should feel like they can step in and stop it. It’s a parent’s responsibility to [...]

The embargo on the EIEIO writeups was lifted tonight, and the first pieces are generally positive (save for some mention of framerate issues, which are to be expected in a pre-pre-alpha version of a game).
Work continues, we’re hammering on feature iteration and level iteration, there are some great ideas being suggested and overall I have [...]

The demos went well today. Had a lot of fun talking to the press and showing off the first glimpses of our gameplay. It was especially nice when people asked good questions and stuck around after the presentations to talk about the game more. There’s nothing better than constructive criticism at this stage: it shows [...]

As posted on our devblog, I was interviewed today on video. It’s really exciting to be a representative for our team, and that’s something I’ve stressed time and time again to the team and to others: I’m a representative, not the only person. Everyone’s doing great work, everyone deserves recognition. I’ve even managed to con [...]