It’s Dead, Jim

Nothing says “Welcome home!” from a weekend trip (we went to Grass Valley for Victoria’s birthday) like a dead wireless router and a mad scramble to CompUSA to get a new one – 10 minutes before they close. 80 bucks later I got everything working again. Too bad we missed Heathrow’s big outing in Mill Valley while we were in Grass Valley, but at least there’s a report on Wolfi’s page. And the trip was a lot of fun, we got to meet several of Victoria’s old friends. I might have to write a report about it later.

Returning to the Scene of the Crime

I wasn’t planning anything for this year (my proposed level design panel got turned down), but another visual Arts GDC 2006 lecture is looking like a distinct possibility now. More details soon.

Christmas Pictures

Christmas vacation in Germany, Day 7.
Somebody⁽¹⁾ posing at the entrance of something old, big and towering⁽²⁾. We had tried to go to Cologne the day before to attend Thomas’ birthday bash, but got snowed in badly enough to not even try. At least we visited the same brewery once we got to Cologne, pictures to follow. The drive back was “fun” – the GPS/mapping system I had borrowed from my dad fell down during the trip and somehow the option “Avoid highways where possible” got set. So all of the sudden the thing sent me on a wild goose chase through the middle of nowhere for no apparent reason, and it took an additional 45 minutes to get home. Stupid really, especially because I didn’t need the GPS in the first place. The drive from Essen to Cologne is about as straight-forward as it gets, I just didn’t know downtown Cologe well enough.

Obviously I didn’t get around to updating the page over the weekend, our deadline dragged out. I’ll start updating more regularly again now that we’re done, though. I promise⁽³⁾!

⁽¹⁾ Victoria, ⁽²⁾ Cologne Cathedral, ⁽³⁾ Not a promise

Moving

Worch.com is moving registrars this weekend and that url and email might not work for a bit. All the other addresses still work as usual, of course.

Looking for Pools Of Darkness?

In recent months I’ve been getting Google referrals for people looking to download Pools of Darkness. I do not offer the game for download here, but if you really want it (and you should, it’s one of the best CRPGs of all time), might I suggest buying it here? It’s only 13 bucks for all Gold Box and EOB games!

Busy Busy Busy

I’ve been doing 16+ hour days for a game-related deadline, so webpage updates haven’t exactly been a priority. I’ll resume posting xmas pictures this weekend, tho!