Anyone reading this blog likely knows by now what the Wii U is and have maybe even seen much of the content and features of it. I wanted to give my take as a Nintendo Fanboy. I am certainly overall excited about the new system, but I certainly have my reservations about it as well.Continue readingWii U Unveiled
I recently found an article that a Utah arcade owner wrote about how his last year went in the industry. It is actually a really good article. It is rare to have arcade owners actually write stuff like this explaining what has been working, what hasn’t been working, plans on the future and thoughts on…Continue readingClassic Arcades from an Arcade Owner
It has been three weeks since I originally thought up my idea of the classic arcade and still my mind is racing with new ideas. Literally thousands of things popping through my head. Quarters, Tokens or entry-fee? Prices for everything, general feel of the establishment, what kinds of food to have. Then I move on…Continue readingSo Many Arcade Ideas, Not enough $$
It started with a movie. I must admit, that movies have given me ideas before, but not like this. Usually, movies like this would have given me the idea of “Why don’t we have something like that around here?” But for some reason, this movie changed the question in my mind. Instead of the usual,…Continue readingAn Idea
When I started working on server emulation for Ultima Online, it took no time at all before I started yearning to start over with a completely new map. Creating a completely new map from scratch is actually quite a difficult thing, and to be honest, if I were to suggest server emulation to a newbie,…Continue readingThe Need for a New Map
A few weeks ago, I had a design idea. It was an idea that was so good that I really wanted to try to script a really base version of it to test it out. Originally, I had begun work on doing this in Neverwinter Nights. After all, the game was made from the ground…Continue readingRe-Creating UO
