New post within a month! Lately I’ve been having a lot of fun doing some cross-platform development. I’ve got two libraries I’ve been working on. Gaff, which is my general purpose, stick whatever I feel like in it, library thing. It encompasses a lot of stuff, such as timers, personal implementations of standard data structures (i.e. vector, list), and other useful things that I make C++ wrappers for. Gleam is the other library I’ve been developing.

For my first content update since the blog came back online, I figured I’d share a personal story that has helped shape my future. DigiPen has what they call Company Days, where guests who work in the video game industry visit our school and give a lecture on any topic they feel is relevant. Sometime around late October or early November of 2011, Chris Taylor came and gave a talk. I was a bit surprised as I walked into the room.

During my relax time over Summer break, I’ve gotten myself into reading some comics. I know I’m starting a bit late in my life, but hey, I’ve got a number of years left to see what the comic book world throws at me. Anyhow, I’ve picked up three comic book volumes: Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without A Face, and Kick-Ass. For an intro into comics, this was definitely a good start and I HIGHLY recommend all three of these volumes.

A year back my brother and a small group of friend went out and bought some Star Wars RPG books. We had a few sessions and enjoyed it greatly. Unfortunately real life got in the way and we haven’t played in a while. This is an attempt at reviving our play times and sharing some of what I’ve written with people. Aside from here I also usually post my adventures on the official Star Wars RPG forums.

Blast from the Past Fire Emblem by Intelligent Systems I have recently been playing Fire Emblem for the GBA. This is the first game in the series I have actually played, and while I heard it was good, I was never sure how good. It’s no Final Fantasy Tactics, but it holds its own quite well, and is definitely a worthy addition to any turn-based strategy lovers’ collection. Fire Emblem is split up into two parts: Talking and Fighting.