VIRB

Originally, I was going to kick off my blog by playing hooky from work, jumping on a plane to California and attending the last two days of 2007’s game developer conference. It seemed like there was a chance that work would officially send me… but things have been all sorts of a political mess ( see take over plans ), I am told this is how companies are usually run… I wonder?

My goal was to see Shigeru Miyamoto’s keynote regarding his creative vision.

Shigeru Miyamoto is perhaps the world’s most recognized video game developer, creator of industry icons like Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong and Nintendogs. In addition, he is the behind-the-scenes engine of innovation for many other notable Nintendo breakthroughs.

In his keynote address at the 2007 Game Developers Conference, Shigeru Miyamoto will reveal how a singular creative vision drives his work, not only in terms of his world-renown software, but also in generating key technologies, including the current global phenomena, Nintendo DS and Wii. And he will challenge the audience to apply his approach in their own distinctive styles.

It was all set, instead of pretending to be sick I just told work that I would be “unavailable” no excuse is the best excuse, it was going to be a blast… However my younger brother needed both me and my camera to film a boxing match between himself and his best friend. Through school he managed to get into an HBO documentary program and his project, is about him examining his lost friendship with his would be best friend. He finds, that their major difference is use and abuse of drugs and that his social world is filled with only people whom also participate. Now, Charlie is a pretty big guy and my brother decided that he would challenge him to a boxing match, if he won… Charlie would have to be sober for a month. Check out the sample video link, for a very short “in the works” preview of a their fight. I have been working hard to taint my brother with my views, so that one day he can be my loyal servant!

Oh! And thank you so much Dan Kim, for the awsome blog header artwork!