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A little speculation from GameTrailers on what’s next… My lips are sealed, as always. Tweet

Dante’s Inferno is a book and a game concept very close to my heart. Inserting Dante references subtly into game scripts is one of my calling cards, most obviously in the stage names and achievements for Devil May Cry 4. My initial reaction to EA’s Inferno trailer was shock at how much I liked it… [...]

Well, I can now access my website after exchanging my AirPort Extreme base station for a new one. If it didn’t work, I was going to sell it on ebay and take Gregg’s recommendation, but thankfully I am back for the attack. I may hate Apple service, but I love AirDisk, which is why the [...]

-Still Planning To Buy- Gears of War 2 (Purchased and Incoming) Dead Space (Will borrow from a friend this week) Left 4 Dead LittleBigPlanet Rock Band 2 Patapon 2 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom -Canceled Purchases- Call of Duty: World at War Quantum of Solace (2 Treyarch games!?) Resistance 2 Fallout 3 -Uncommitted- Guitar Hero World Tour [...]

The Last Guy　（ラストガイ） SCEJ released a cool little game last week called The Last Guy. You try to lead survivors of a zombie death ray back to a pick up zone on a google maps based stage. Basically imagine a google maps version of Pac-Man and you are close to the gameplay style. But no [...]

Since I only have to wake up in 5 hours and 2am blog posts are de riguer, I suppose I would post about my past two days. July 11, 2008 Soon to be followed by a new airsoft gun – the Walther P99c Tactical Now this evening, I have installed the required plug-ins, and have [...]

So the past 8 months of my life are nearly all public record. On Friday, PlatinumGames announced three new titles to be published by SEGA. I’ve been working closely on MadWorld (above) and Bayonetta (below). While I can’t say anything beyond what has been stated in the press releases, I’m really excited by the reaction [...]

Thanks to Mark MacDonald, I had the biggest laugh I’ve had in ages today listening to his comment about Ben on the 2/21 episode of 1Up Yours! In fact, it inspired me to create a piece of motivational art with regards to my own lack of facial hair. Sorry, Ben. Tweet

I was part of a team that won a Nintendo Power 2007 Award for Best Story/Writing! Along with my writing partner-in-crime Janet Hsu, editor Brandon Gay, and original scenario writer Shu Takumi, we were recognized for our work on Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney: Justice for All. The article even goes on to cite the [...]

Watching a Rockstar PR campaign is like being taken to school in selling 4 million copies of a game in a month. April 29 is a little more than 2 months away. The 10 week window being triggered, the virals have started. Picked this one up from a friend on livejournal, and it is particularly [...]