I think as long as you're forthright with your intentions, it's cool to shill your stuff. The phonies are usually pretty easy to sniff out tho

I'd love to see a tigsource comic. Just make it open to everyone, throw in a dash of moderation, and the cream will rise to the top

My 'version control' consists of:

save as to a new file
copying the new file to a sep physical drive at the end of the night
sending the code to a secondary gmail account every couple of nights
once in a blue moon copying everything to an external HD

at least it's something  :D

Thank god for Anthony Flack, now I don't feel so bad.  What's with all the people owning high end multi-monitor ergonomic IKEA office environments?  I feel so bad with my crappy hand-me-down desk with a generic computer.  I don't even have a 360 controller!  I've got an old Sidewinder

The thing is, if you're going to spend a majority of your time in front of a computer, shouldn't comfort be your number one concern? Obviously, affording 3 LCD's might be a stretch, but a good desk and a solid chair can only help in the long run (especially when coding takes you late into the night).

My needs are simpler.

woot for pimping Blitz tho

On a side note, I love all the 360 controllers I see sharing desk space with pc's.

If you can afford it, just the Digital Video bundle from Adobe. It's an investment, yes, but you get every possible tool you could need to not only build your trailer, but also make art assets for your games/website/marketing.

The first route of course would be to do it all in Premiere. It has everything you need for cutting a movie. Now if you're up to it, cut the whole thing in After Effects. You don't get realtime audio scrubbing (kinda)like Premiere but AE is infinitely more powerful in terms of titling, compositing, effects, etc. If you learn AE well enough you might find yourself never touching Premiere again.

great read, been a fan of his for awhile especially the Metroid redesign stuff.

I think the reason why the open exploration model worked so well in games like Zelda 1 and Metroid 1 (and most games from that era) was the lack of scripted events. You have to balance the line between pure, 'let's go explorin' for explorin' sake' and the dramatic, cinematic events commonplace in today's games. I'm not necessarily sure if this is a good or bad thing as both have their pros and cons. But once you start adding in triggers, you start putting limits on what the player can and can't do. It's useful for tight narratives but it impacts the kind of pick up and play games we grew up on.

bout time fellas, happy to be here!