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Extra-Life 2017

For the past five years we have hosted a retro-gaming marathon through Extra-Life supporting Boston Children’s Hospital.  This years marathon will take place on Saturday, November 4th at 9:30 am EST...

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My first real attempt at reviewing games.

Over the years I’ve played around with retro game reviewing, but it was always ended up being rather boring and not informative.  I recently spent over a month getting this first honest-to-god attempt...

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17 Years Ago – My Time At LucasArts

I recently found these on an old hard drive. I was a Junior at Ringling School Of Art and Design when I got the offer to work as an animation intern at LucasArts on their new turn-based game “Gladius”...

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Working With Riot

A few years ago, I got contacted by an industry friend of mine who I had worked with a few times over the course of my career.  At the time he was recruiting for Riot and noticed I was looking for work...

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The Art Of The Demo Reel

Whenever I do a presentation somewhere or start teaching a new class the subject of demo reel creation always comes up, so I figure it’s high time to write up some pointers.  Be advised that a lot of...

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My Post-Film Animation Years

I can’t believe it’s been 7 years since I left a secure job at Blue Sky to try something new in gaming.  To say it’s been smooth sailing would be a lie, however the friends I have in both the film and...

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How Mario Paint Helped Me Choose My Career

I am a co-creator of a podcast called Just A Few More Minutes where I team up with my 2 friends and colleagues to discuss all things animation and video games.  My co-hosts are Jeff Gabor (right –...

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Tr. 1.S. –“Treason In Space”

I’m excited to announce that I have created a dev blog www.treasoninspacegame.com which follows the progress of my latest passion-project with my brother Jeff called Tr.1.S. – “Treason In Space”.  It...

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TR1S Get Pixelated & Renamed To “KROOM”

  We found out pretty quickly that in order for TR1S to become a reality, we had to shake things up a bit.  My brother and I both work full time and have zero funding, so this is essentially a...

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PAX East 2019 Panel

I was on a panel earlier this month at PAX East with some talented folks on “Being An Artist In The Game Industry”.   It was my second year being on the panel and it was just as fun as the year before....

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