I recently finished reading That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis (1945). Having read Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra last year, I was anxious to learn how Lewis would conclude his trilogy, and picked up Strength with high hopes. As you may have heard, Lewis’ space trilogy grows in complexity and maturity as you…
Read moreWhile drawing this picture I figured out how to assign GIMP‘s eraser tool to the eraser on my tablet. I had been wondering why it didn’t work. Now I know you can assign any tool to each end of the pen, which is pretty amazing. I’ll have to experiment with using smudge or blur for…
Read moreHere you can see the one corner of my desk. The corner of the PS2, an old power strip, an alarm clock in the shape of a computer monitor and my laptop in the foreground. Very cool that the tablet is pressure-sensitive, allowing me to create sketchy lines much like I would on paper.
Read moreObviously I haven’t been very diligent about sketching every day. Life is busy, isn’t it? But now I really have no excuse – I got a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch for Christmas so it’s near-effortless to doodle on my computer now. I’ll be trying to make these more regular; if I’m honest, I probably…
Read moreJudging for the 2009 Interactive Fiction Competition is underway. There are twenty-four entries this year, and twelve prizes. I think I’ll have to submit something next year. Anyway, everyone’s a critic, and I’m judging games. You can too – anyone who plays at least five of the games can vote. My analysis is not deep…
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