video games
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video games. Video games are probably the single thing most attributable to my career as a programmer, and everything else I’ve done professionally after that. I still feel
nostalgia
I think I spent most of my childhood -- and a large part of my life as a young adult -- desperately wishing I was in a video game arcade. When I finally obtained my driver's license, my first thought wasn't about the girls I would
arcade gaming
The first video game to introduce a high score table was Asteroids, and after that they were a key fixture in virtually every arcade game from the 80s and 90s. One of my favorite high score tables was in Gaplus, the little known sequel to the mega-popular Galaga, which was
video games
My latest gaming obsession is the new real-time strategy game, Company of Heroes. It’s easily one of the best games of the year for the PC. And it’s quite possibly one of the best real-time strategy games ever made. To give you an idea of what I’m
gaming
Sometimes you just gotta ask yourself: What Would Blanka Do? “Eventually, my nickname at school became Blanka. When I got into real fights, I even tried using some of his moves. They never worked,” said Gutierrez. “I often ask myself, what would Blanka do? I even met my wife because