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by GavinB 14y ago
Let me start by saying that I have the same gut reaction that you do. On the other hand, isn't this position essentially saying that because the things in your life are similar to others and not surprising, they aren't valuable and worthy
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by GavinB 14y ago
Python is great, but I recommend that schools should start programming classes with Unity3D. Within the first class you can have objects with physics bouncing off of each other, and by the end of the course you can have a legitimate game to
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by GavinB 15y ago
Unity had better audio support than Flash (3D positioned audio right out of the box). HTML5 may get there someday, but Unity is already there now.
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by GavinB 15y ago
We recently started using the Unity3D plugin in addition to Flash. We considered packaging Unity in Flash, but there are some missing features so we went straight for the plugin. Our site is for 8-12 year old kids, so it's not the most tech
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by GavinB 15y ago
This looks great, and I love the slider. Maybe I'm just not seeing the option, but I need to be able to add and remove time zones. A lot of the confusion of these tools is having to ignore the many cities that don't concern you. Saying the
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by GavinB 15y ago
http://unity3d.com/ Yes, you have to make allowances for the actual differences between platforms (physical buttons, screen sizes, input methods), but the rest of the code deploys extremely well across platforms. When moving between platf
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by GavinB 15y ago
New York, NY Assistant Project Manager, Game Development. This job is part project management and part game design. Help us build adventure games that tie to bestselling book series for kids. Shoot an e-mail gavinobrown@gmail.com if interes
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by GavinB 15y ago
I honestly have no idea what Google could meaningfully do about their tablet problems. Here's my simple suggestion: make Android Market gift cards. iTunes gift cards are HUGE sellers and have become a standard gift, especially for people
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by GavinB 15y ago
At three or four sigmas we could be pretty sure it's true. At five sigmas we're willing to bet the next generation of scientific research on it.
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by GavinB 15y ago
Is this something that you can easily scale up and down? If so, shoot me an e-mail and I'll sponsor you to crank it up for the next month. (e-mail in my profile description)
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by GavinB 15y ago
While this is extremely positive for Apple, it isn't necessarily bad news for Google and Microsoft--their profits and losses simply aren't captured by this chart. It compares profit from a firm that makes both software and hardware with fir
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by GavinB 15y ago
Authors will be wary of striking a deal with Amazon if it loses them the biggest retail market. The goal here isn't to make Amazon's books do poorly, it's to keep big name authors from signing up with Amazon in the first place. I'm not sayi
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by GavinB 15y ago
I'm not in any way suggesting that what's going on here isn't exactly the problem diagnosed in the article. It's very real--I've seen it, probably benefited from it, and undoubtedly perpetrate it at some point as well. I've actually followe
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by GavinB 15y ago
New York, NY INTERN (paid) Game art and game design interns, working on game series that tie in with our book publishing. We primarily work in Unity3D, as well as some flash. https://www.scholastic.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuse...
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by GavinB 15y ago
they simply have no empathy for the poor freelancer trying to make a living client to client. If you are depending on one check from one client to come in so that you can make rent this month, I think you should be looking at your own fin
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by GavinB 15y ago
New York City Scholastic (the children's book publisher) - Game Design & Production Intern - Game Art Intern Both are six month paid internships. If you're in school, we're happy to work with you to set up academic credit. Full time pre
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by GavinB 15y ago
Looks cool. I'm downloading now, but is there any chance of an ipad version? The art looks like it could be great with a big screen. Edit to add comments on the game itself: Overall nice look and feel. The motions are nice, and the movement
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Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal(nytimes.com)
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by GavinB 15y ago
If you champion a theory and it gets disproved, you have some explaining to do. Actually, it's okay to have a theory that gets disproved. That's how the process is supposed to work.
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by GavinB 15y ago
Given that a) Mark is known by his real name, employed by a major company, and presumably has numerous friends, coworkers, and acquaintances in meatspace b) none of his friends, coworkers, or acquaintances are stepping forward either with
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by GavinB 15y ago
New York City / NYC Design Intern with experience or training in 3D modelling. Help us build an adventure game with historically accurate characters and buildings. This is a 6 month paid internship. gbrown@scholastic.com
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by GavinB 15y ago
This recruiter's blunder gave you a great hook for this blog post, which is certain to bring in some well qualified applications. So, in some sense, this was a successful relationship.
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by GavinB 15y ago
This is extremely clever. Well done! Your friend needs to explain what the goal of this game is up front! As soon as I saw the video I got the mechanic immediately--but had no idea what sort of scoring system was involved. Normal tetris sco
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by GavinB 15y ago
A logarithmic view would be great for showing when the population and output stalled or increased faster, but the purpose of this graph is to show that the fact that the increase is dramatically exponential, and at what point in the curve w
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by GavinB 15y ago
Tim Cook has been playing a certain role to date. He has been in charge of execution and organization. Does this mean that he doesn't have taste? Does the fact that he is not a genius public speaker mean that he doesn't have great taste? It
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by GavinB 15y ago
I have a hard time believing that casual games are "the future" and that high end gaming isn't going to continue being a major force. We're really going to live in a future with incredible technology and not have amazing total-immersion env
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by GavinB 15y ago
Stone and Williams looked at Zuckerberg and enquired as to why he wasn’t pushing to the front of the queue, only to be met with a "that’s not how we do it here" rebuttal. The duo from Twitter promptly left, Stone telling Sagal "we don’t li
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by GavinB 15y ago
Maybe StackOverflow should ask how the military does it. You're not allowed to quit. It simplifies things a great deal.
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by GavinB 15y ago
Is there any successful YC company that doesn't have bosses and employees? There is even a feature on HN designed specifically for bosses to find employees.
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by GavinB 15y ago
New York City/NYC Art Director/Creative Lead with experience in either web UI or game design. Video or animation experience a big plus. We build games for kids and teens and need someone who can create designs, lead branding efforts, and di

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