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Written by Sean
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Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
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Well, really, it has had me for a little over a year. However, in that time I've been finding myself not just using linux more and more often, but it has become my primary OS on my three computers, and I've even started using Debian Linux... with Fluxbox... and command line programs... Its frightning. So, I've been pretty much assimulated, I suppose. I can't say I can really complain either. I actually feel much more comfortable running inside of linux these days than I do windows. Its quicker, seems much more efficient, and I have an interface that conforms to what I like - not to mention a very minimal look, which I love. Of course, getting linux installed, which I've done quite a few times now, is not going to be the easiest thing for the computing layman to do. That said, once you get past the initial setup of the OS, actually using linux can definitely be a snap. Alright, not quite so much in fluxbox with its configuration files that you need to edit, but other Window Managers that I've tried - including GNOME, KDE, XFCE, and to a (vastly) lesser extent, Elightenment - are pretty simple. It is a bit amusing to see how much my computing habits and interests have slowly evolved over the last year or so.
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Written by Sean
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
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 I now am the proud owner of a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35. I haven't so much as seen my old digital camera for quite a while, so I was wanting to pick up a new one for a while. I recently managed to talk myself into it, so I picked this happy little thing up last night at Yodobashi. It was more than I'd normally spend on a camera, but I'd actually like to start photographing things around this country a bit more often - plus it is added motivation to head out and explore about Japan.
Once I start snaping some images with this thing, I'll likely get them uploaded to flickr or... somewhere. So far though, the image quality seems to be pretty nice, and the field of view is definitely very happy. I was tempted to pick up another new Lumix with a 10x zoom - but, I was willing to sacrifice that for the image quality of this little thing. That, of course, is the other nice part: its definitely a compact and its very light. Its sitting in my shirt pocket right now, and only by typing this did I even realize it.
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Written by Sean
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 |
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I'd like to take a moment to look back on why this site was initially created and what purpose it has been serving so far, and what purpose I would really, honestly, like this site to have.
To begin with, the site started with a very simple purpose: I needed someplace to pop my resume online and something to use as an online portfolio. Since I found blogging to be a rather interesting phenomenon on theInternet , I decided that, while I was at it, I could create a blog as well. Since I had come to realize that I was mostly interested in online game communities, this seemed to be a fairly logical thing to do anyway. Thus, it happened. Due to this, I focused myself on game community, and online gaming, related articles. This worked out somewhat alright for a while. Of course, then I traveled to the other side of the planet and ended up in Japan. Thus, some other stuff started to work its way into the blog as well.
Now, this isn't to say that my time in Japan isn't relevant to what I want to do with my life. I'm here studying a culture so that I may better be able to break down and understand how communities work in the future. That said, it still has done a lot to detract from my overall goal and I aim to help correct that. One way that it has detracted is in the focus of this blog. This lack of focus has been a massive demotivator as well. Thus, I'm focusing this blog back to its true purpose.
What is that purpose? Well, as I write this, on the top of the page it reads "Looking into the future of Online Game Development." That's a pretty good start. However, as soon as I finish typing this, it'll read more along the lines of... "Looking into the future of Online Game Communities." While I might pop up the occasional article that doesn't relate to the game industry, gaming, the evolution of the internet, and most of all, online communities, don't expect them unless I get engaged, have my house set aflame, or something along those lines. ;-)
I also might tweak the look of the site a bit too. So long as I can keep the minimalism!
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Written by Sean
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
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I recently came to the conclusion that I would start a fansite soon. I do, of coruse, hope to break into the game industry and get a job as a community manager and the best way of doing that, is to actually do the job before hand. I ran a few fansites in the past, but they were for the WarCry Network, and the site wasn't truly mine. I wanted to give it another go, but this time starting from scratch. I was planning on doing this once BioWare announced their MMO. I wanted to do that, because I wanted to start a fansite up early as to lower competition and get myself noticed. Its not so much that I want to start a fansite, but I want a big one.
Then Cryptic officially announced Star Trek Online . Now, admittedly, I'm not the biggest Star Trek fan in the world - far from saying I dislike it, quite the opposite. However, this announcement leaves a huge IP, a compelling universe, a space MMO, and no fansites for it yet. It seems all the prior ones when Perpetual was developing the game had fallen off the map. It even turns out I know their community representative.
Thus Station K-7 was born in a join effort between myself and a friend.
This isn't to say I won't start a BioWare MMO site up when it does get announced - the idea of starting a small mini-network sounds rather fun.
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Written by Sean
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
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One of my favorite topics about game development is player-generated content. The more the player can affect the game world the better. I also love customization and I believe that within a game world with thousands of other players, it is great to have various ways to help make yourself stand out as an individual. As such, I have to give a nod toward Cryptic Studio's.
Of course, their games of the past, City of Heroes and Villains allowed players a huge amount of customization options. This isn't something that they've let up on either. Their upcoming game, Champions Online also looks to have a huge amount of customization as well, and much greater power-customization and character skill customization than the CoH/V games. Yet, in a recent announcement to the Associated Press, Cryptic has revealed that their other upcoming title, Star Trek Online, will allow players to create their own races in the Star Trek Universe.
To me, that's a very neat thing to see. It lets players create what they want to play, and it adds a little something to the game. Considering Star Trek is a large, sci-fi universe with hundreds of species inhabiting the Galaxy, letting players actually create their own doesn't just make sense, but it also greatly enhances customization. It also, in a way, lets players make their mark on the universe as well.
This is a feature I've been wanting to see an MMO incorporate for a long time now and it is great to see it finally happen. Hopefully the customization will be pretty in-depth.
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