Results tagged “peeps” from Pumanchu

When you can teach programming, master the innards of the C++ newsgroups, do SCUBA, caving, edit open-source map data for kicks in your free time, travel to foreign lands, program flash games, and still make the remainder of rent via your pirate-themed web site, you know you're good.

You probably already know that Gary Gygax is dead. What you don't want to know, is that upon hearing the news, I immediately wanted to compose a clever haiku on the subject.

The Crack Master has done some dope-ass audio for a great game mod, and works with me as an audio dude.

He's also really into math, audio, and many forms of art; he turned me on to (you got it) Dwarf Fortress, and some generative art tools. And all of Alistair Reynolds' paperbacks. Crack I say.

Almost has me inspired to tackle my least favorite topic, sequences and series, and get back into math. Almost.

Everyone needs this guy; putting together a handrail for your stairs but don't know how to finish it? Ask your Carpenter Uncle. Got a problem finding the drill bit extension you need, and uncertain if it even exists? Ditto.

Oh UI Guy, you always get the shaft. And somehow, the UI always comes out looking good. Why oh why, UI Guy?

There's never more than one UI Guy, and never much tools support, and usually management expects everything although there are no UI tools ready until the drop dead date. That doesn't give much time for iteration, we know. And somehow, with your duct tape, bubblegum, and hammer, you make it all work in the end.

These guys are great! My mother-in-law is an on-call LPN in Cheese-ville, and she works in the nursery with newborns and mommies. My father-in-law is a retired letter carrier in  Cheese-ville, and delivers flowers. They also both sell Post Office uniforms together.

We trade our Windows technical support and copy editing skills in exchange for their chocolate-chip cookies, baby sitting, and car rentals. I believe it is a pretty good arrangement.

What, you ain't knowin'? Ok, here are the facts about Mr. Pathetica:

Mr. 3d is the best!

Dude, you gotta play a game with the Apostate. He's funny, his characters and timelines are way interesting, and you pretty much get to riff and be whatever you want to be, and let him be whatever he wants to be. From space-opera to fantasy to heros to horror, you are going to have a fun time. The gross, the grand, the epic, they all go pretty well. Bad, sad, mad, glad events occur. I've especially enjoyed playing: