Back in Hawaii for Business and Reflection
'Twas a place of fiction, music, and solace. From April 1st to the 11th I returned to Hawaii, where I grew up and where my family lives,...
GDC 2014 Recap
As ever, this recap will be a vignette-ish panoply of my thoughts and insights at GDC 2014. Readers beware. Early registration and...
San Francisco
サンフランシスコまで無事に到着した。下記の写真で、ゴールデンゲート橋を左下のところでちょっと見える。現在、２０℃で結構晴れているよ。３月なのに、春じゃなくて、夏ポイ。ホテルの周り、有名な「Blondie's Pizza」屋さんがあるので、今から食いに行く。 Made it...
GDC pre-planning overload
Well, I came to the conclusion yesterday that I've been far too busy for my own limits, and that my trip to GDC 2014 on Sunday will...
PAX East 2014 Acceptance!
"I'M SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON! WHOA~" -Dropkick Murphys #paxeast #accepted #trip #advocacy
PAX Quest--because it's dangerous to go alone
As the cliche goes: "It's dangerous to go alone..." So I took Jonathan Padua and Thomas May III with me, semi-force-recruited into my...
The Quest for PAX East 2014 Begins!
On this, the last day of the year, I just got off a skype call with Thomas May III and Jonathan Padua, who I have recruited into my party...
"No one likes Final Fantasy 8"
Just now in a session about how popular Japanese game culture is in France: (Hasty paraphrasing in English) Florent: Final Fantasy VII is...
International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013 Recap
May 24th~26th, 2013 This was a joint conference between Ritsumeikan University RCGS and University of Alberta, Edmonton, and a wonderful,...
The Creator of the Original NES!
Probably the biggest thing to happen to me at the International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013 (and my life). With Professor...
