Rage Against The Machine have reunited.
Hopefully a worldwide tour is in order.
Back from dinner celebrating a new hire and I’m in a good mood so I figured I should post about what I have been working on lately. I also updated the Gameography.
Since I went through a gap of being lazy for a while, here is the brief summary. Click the covers to buy the games online.
In September/October, God Hand was released.
Not only is Shinji Mikami the coolest director in the world. But we also became pretty good friends during the process of making the game. I look up to him so much. If you like hardcore action games, but have noticed they almost always lack a sense of humor, you should pick up God Hand. The english script is hilarious – and I get to take the dubious pleasure of probably being the first person to use “Douchebags” in a game.
One day I’ll have to write mini-memoirs of working on God Hand because it was such a crazy, fun, enlightening experience. But it is the weekend and I am off on a business trip on Monday, so it will have to wait for another time.
P.S. You’re not Alexander. (Which if any fans find this, is from the children eating interview of one tattooed ex-champ. Praise be to Angra.)
The next biggie is my second collaboration with Janet Hsu. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All!
It was release a couple of days ago in the US, but the Japanese version featuring our text has been out for a while now.
“Like sand in an hourglass, so are the days of the circus.”
I wrote the decidedly pop-culture tinged case 3, Turnabout Big Top. It was a blast because it introduced me to one of my favorite characters to write ever – Lawrence “Moe” Curls. In fact, Wikipedia’s Justice For All entry has a great guide to the references. They didn’t catch them all though.
JFA is quite a high profile localization, so it seems that I have popped up in a couple of interviews. Check out a quick quote from me on Siliconera.com.
There is also a much more extensive interview with Janet and I, as well as our editor Brandon and head of localization Eric Bailey, over at Nintendo.com.
As you can tell from these interviews, Janet is the brains of the operation. 
I hope everyone buys both of these games and enjoys them. If you have some freetime, post comments about your experiences playing them! I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts!
Finally, my GTHD Ferrari lap time held up and left me in the top 75 on the rankings.
Here are the specifics of my 71st ranked lap.
Rank: 71
Time: 01:10:958″
PSN ID: Synaesthesia
Options: ■AT ■ASM：OFF ■TCS：6 ■TIRES：R3(FRONT) / R3(REAR)
Posted: 01/16 22:53
Lets see how long it holds up.
Ferrari 599 ‘06 – Normal Course – Normal Car – AT – TC 7 – R3/R3 – 1:11:163″
The iPhone has well exceeded the hype. Considering what it enables with its browser and the possibility for open development, it very well could change the world.
A device with this ease of use and mobility, coupled with a social networking platform could create true mobile social networking. Imagine if google maps could display other iphone users with similar interests in that are logged on in your area. What if you could find out that the person sitting on the other end of the starbucks likes the same 1980s cliche cinema that you do.
Not only does this have the opportunity to make us more social, clever creatures – it provides a gateway to technology experiences that introduce non-core users to the true ideas behind social technologies. If Time magazine says “you” are the person of 2006, the iPhone will allow you to express why in 2007 and beyond. I am 100% drunk on this Steve Jobs-spiked cool aid.
BTW: Check out this picture I took downtown today.
It’s good to be alive.
It’s wonderful to have an awesome job.
But…
IT’S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!
The first basketball/football dual champions in collegiate sport history.
I’m not sure how often people check the gallery, but you are much more likely to see updates there than you are with the actual blog.
This evening I uploaded about 100 pictures in various galleries. You can check them out at http://gallery.technolustomega.net/ or on Flickr itself at http://www.flickr.com/photos/synaesthesiajp/.
You can also subscribe to an RSS feed of my photos on Flickr.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to write more in the blog, so you should see some new content from me soon!
In the meantime, read this post from Dave on gaming.
I promise updates are coming… eventually.
