Yeah, if you can swing a situation like this, it becomes more reasonable. It’s tough to factor in all the costs, but if you can say with confidence that you can move into a place without raising costs too much (or keeping things WELL within your budget) with a 20% down payment and the long-term plan to stay in the…

You see, this is the common fallacy with rent. It’s NOT like losing the money if you spend it. Why? Because you still have a place to live, and you are saving on maintenance costs, interest, potential Mortgage insurance, property taxes, etc that you have to spend on a home that you WON’T get back. There are a lot of…

The more and more I see about the pitfalls of homeownership, the more I’ve decided I simply won’t consider my home a financial asset. If I buy a home, I’m looking at it as a cost, similar to rent before buying and regular upkeep costs on a car. It’s a cost that allows me to house my family and store my stuff and it’s…

Just in time for Overwatch to slip in and gain a solid footing. Ouch.

Wow, apparently it was already official when I posted that. Cool! http://kotaku.com/looks-like-ove…

Skinny mario is best mario

This is where I wish I could sit down with the mom and talk about exactly what is going on, in context. When I was in middle school I got into Magic the Gathering and my mom immediately was concerned with what she was seeing and hearing about the game. Summoning and demonic themes and the like. But I sat down and…

What part of it? Where Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck randomly show up and ruin the feeling of the game? No thanks.

Blizzard has said it’s open to doing more console work and definitely has a good relationship with Sony right now, so I wouldn’t rule it out. There’s a chance that they get things solidified on PC first and then surprise everyone. We’ll have to wait and see.

I got that sense as well, but after reading over his comments some more and realizing that he just likes throwing profanity around pretty casually, his comments are probably coming across as WAY more harsh than they really are.

When the Mother 3 version of the micro was announced I had the pre-order page up and almost bought it. But I decided against it because I was a poor college student and I wanted to be “frugal” or some such garbage.

Yeah, it’s true. The nature of internet communities has really changed how quickly information gets out there. I like that McMillen is exploring new ways of avoiding people spoiling things and hope he manages to find some cool new practices other people can adopt as well.

Whole companies have planned game announcements through including certain details in a release or patch that people then only find through datamining. It is a reality. Yes, McMillen is understandably upset, but he can’t be surprised, either. I love that he’s finding solutions and I think that’s awesome, and there…

Right, that’s why I said that his solution is interesting and that he should continue exploring alternative ways of keeping people from datamining... but it’s like expecting a kid to not eat a cookie when you put it right in front of them. It’s there, people are going to want to take a look, and complaining about it…

Wait, I always thought that Gangnam Style was kind of making fun of a certain culture that is prevalent in Gangnam? That it made fun of a pursuit of excess that is so commonplace there? Why would they put up a statue about something that was poking fun and even criticizing people from the area?

The study one is pretty big. I would regularly let other obligations, even good ones (work, relationships, other classes), get in the way of some classes.

I really don’t get why McMillen gets so pissed off about datamining. It’s going to happen. It’s how most of us got our starts in game development. It’s the way every single community out there finds out about the obscure parts of a game they would never find except by complete accident. It’s seen as a valid way of…

Just plan on not working past 60. If you manage to, congrats, you’re one of the fortunate few in a space where companies are becoming less and less likely to keep on staff long-term.

Wait, what now? What exactly do I need to do to avoid this unfortunate situation?

I feel much the same way about work. I can’t imagine ever NOT working on something. Now, whether or not that thing will make me money is a completely different question. That’s part of the reason I have a career that currently keeps me gainfully employed, but the problem there is that someday it may be difficult to…