http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes later and better than protobirds Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:41:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Potential new blog coming soon. This current gaming/development one will keep going, to be updated properly soon. If you think the new feminism based blog is worth pursuing then please tell me. Have you got a WKD side? In response to this advert from around June 2006. My initial response to this advert was, "No, I ... http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/06/20/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/ Got a job at Frontier! Now just need to resist the temptation to play Bayonetta constantly 'til I start a week on Monday. Instead, need to finish off UDK tutorials and start on learning first C Sharp and then Lua. The Lua book I bought is aimed at people with some basic programming ... http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/29/qa-at-frontier-developments/ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/games-are-poison-says-venezuelan-president_1 Hugo Chavez is not a fan of the current state of the games industry. I initially read the title of this news item and thought, "Chavez, you fucker". However, once i saw But, not being one to turn up empty-handed, Chavez has had a solution: don't promote these games, make educational games ... http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/18/chavez-not-overall-gaming-fan/ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/uk-charts-just-dance-defeats-mw2 http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/18/dance-dont-fight/ Probably best to keep the schedule a Monday to Thursday affair, at least this week anyway. Right, these angels are not going to kill themselves! http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/08/2010-unemployment-day-005/ Wonderful :-D http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/08/bayonetta/ Late awakening today threatened to disrupt my schedule. However, when I got to the computer at 9.55am there were very few new stories on my regular games websites. This allowed me to dive straight into UDK tutorials. Still on the UI ones but they are very well put together and ... http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/07/2010-unemployment-day-004-part-01/ Interview is done. I enjoyed myself and the people were really friendly. These two factors give me hope that it went well. Now to brave that tumultuous post interview period. Spending the rest of today doing a back to back mix with Alex, gaming and maybe a hopeful pint at the pub. Then tomorrow and ... http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/06/2010-unemployment-day-003/ The new schedule had to be scrapped almost as soon as it was conceived - my interview is  happening at 10.30am tomorrow! Have been to the dry cleaners so my suit will be as sharp as it possibly can be. On my return I got an email informing me that Frontier ... http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/05/2010-unemployment-day-002-part-02/ ¡Breaking news! Got an interview with Frontier Developments for the role of "Experienced Tester'. No date set, expecting an email today, but I am very happy about this. Looking forward to doing some preparation but happy in the knowledge that I would go to the interview now, at 3.38AM, if they would let ... http://www.abeldesign.com/gruiformes/2010/01/04/2010-unemployment-day-002/