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In a case where plaintiff did not give DSS an opportunity to participate in settlement negotiations and settled the case of a 16-year-old paralyzed when shot by an intruder in his apartment complex without DSS' knowledge or consent the court denied plaintiffs' motion to expunge or reduce DSS's lien for $250,070 paid over 9 years. The court rejected plaintiffs' argument that the $4,350,000 settlement was not the full value of the case given plaintiffs' concession that building security cases are difficult to prove and rejected plaintiffs' counsel's unsupported claim that no part of the settlement was intended to cover medical expenses. Plaintiffs waived a hearing scheduled by the lower court and based on the submitted papers, the lower court found that the lien which represented 5.79% of the total settlement was in line with an Ahlborn analysis given plaintiffs' claims for medical expenses in the pleadings, their waiver of the hearing, and their lack of proof showing that the settlement was not intended to cover medical expenses. D.J. v 636 Holding Corp.
Company that owned several units within a condominium and a commercial tenant within the condominium granted summary judgment against the condominium association as they were not owners under administrative code §7-210. Argument that motion should not have been entertained because moving defendants did not attach condominium documents rejected because CPLR §2214(c) allows a party to refer to documents previously e-filed and available to the court absent a specific local rule to the contrary. There was no proof that the commercial tenant's employees who shoveled the sidewalk created the dangerous condition and its use of the sidewalk for deliveries did not constitute a special use. Keech v 30 E. 85th St. Co., LLC
Comment: CPLR §2214(c) provides in part: " Except when the rules of the court provide otherwise, in an e-filed action, a party that files papers on a motion need not include copies of papers that were filed previously electronically with the court, but may refer to them, giving the docket numbers on the e-filing system." Before relying on this provision, check the local rules and make sure that any reference to previous documents is properly cited with the e-file docket numbers and that any documents referenced are included in a record on appeal.
Plaintiff's motion to preclude defendants from using postaccident photographs and the transcript of plaintiff's statement to defendant's claims investigator not exchanged within the time set forth in the preliminary conference order and not until after depositions denied where plaintiff could not show that the delay in disclosure was willful/contumacious such as by repeated failure to comply with orders. The penalty to be imposed for violation of discovery orders lies within the sound discretion of the lower court. Candela v Kantor
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Cardiologists' motion for summary judgment, denied by trial court and granted by Second Department on finding that plaintiffs' expert's affirmation was conclusory, denied by the Court of Appeals which found questions of fact. Primary care physicians' motion for summary judgment, denied by trial court and granted by Second Department on finding that the duty of the primary care physicians did not extend to the issues of continuing Plavix after stents affirmed. Burns v Goyal
Moving doctor who performed an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to check for and possibly repair bile duct leakage following gallbladder removal met his initial burden of entitlement to summary judgment by affirmations of 2 experts opining that the doctor did not depart from accepted practice and any leakage existed prior to the ERCP and could not be the cause of plaintiff's injuries. Plaintiff raised an issue of fact by her expert's opinion that defendant departed from accepted practice by performing excessive manipulation given plaintiff's known history of inflammation and an unhealthy bile duct and that the manipulation exacerbated plaintiff's condition. Codefendant's testimony that moving defendant told him that he (moving defendant) had perforated the bile duct also raised an issue of fact. Cadichon v Facelle
Plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint to include a wrongful death cause of action based on the decedent's overuse of pain medication for injuries sustained from falling off a ladder during a renovation project granted as defendant failed to show that the claim was palpably insufficient or devoid of merit. In seeking to amend complaint, a plaintiff does not need to put forth evidence of a meritorious action. The wrongful death claim was not barred by the statute of limitations as it fell under the relation back doctrine. Assevero v Hamilton & Church Props., LLC
Defendants' motion for summary judgment on ground that plaintiff who was injured while working on electrical equipment that had not been deenergized failed to perform a voltage test rendering him the sole proximate cause of his injury denied. Defendant met its initial burden but plaintiffs' expert raised an issue of fact by his opinion that potential transformers which may have been the source of the voltage were not on electrical prints and drawings provided which would render that the voltage test inconclusive without knowing where the transformers were located. Pappas v AT&T Inc.
Defendants' motion to dismiss based on statute of limitations denied without prejudice to renew after completion of discovery. Defendant met its burden of showing that the action was commenced 5 days after statute of limitation based on the last date of treatment but plaintiff raised an issue of fact that last date of treatment was 8 days after date claimed by defendants which would make action timely. Franqui v Korol
NYC granted summary judgment on proof that it did not have prior written notice of depressed metal plate in roadway and plaintiff's claim that repaving work done by NYC 3 years before accident created an immediate dangerous condition was mere speculation. Flynn v City of New York
Plaintiff's motion to reargue, and upon reargument denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment, granted as the plaintiff's affidavit of merit raised both factual and credibility issues. Fact that affidavit was acknowledged by a vice consul in the US Embassy in Paris and submitted without an affidavit of conformity was a mere irregularity that could be corrected nunc pro tunc. Donsimoni v Fall
Comment: This scenario is now governed by CPLR R 2106(b) which allows someone physically outside of the US to affirm under the penalties of perjury, similar to an attorney affirmation or a declaration in federal court, without a notary. The statute gives the language to be used in the affirmation.
Building owner's motion for summary judgment granted where lease provisions showed that owner was and out of possession landlord not obligated to repair or maintain the area where the plaintiff slipped and fell on a wet floor. Figueroa v Skillman Realty Co.
Plaintiff's motion to vacate her default in opposing defendants' motions for summary judgment on serious injury denied where plaintiff's proffered excuse, that she was unable to obtain her no-fault records until after the return date, did not explain why she did not oppose motion with her neurologist's affirmed report which was not part of no-fault records she was unable to obtain. Desuze v Johnson
Plaintiff's motion to renew opposition to defendant's motion to change venue from Bronx to Suffolk County providently granted and motion denied where plaintiff's original opposition was not considered for failure to comply with the court's rules, defendants were not prejudiced by the renewal where the court assessed appropriate sanctions for defendant's inconvenience, and defendant failed to show the inconvenience of any material witnesses from maintaining venue in the Bronx were plaintiff resided. Narvaez v Sammartino
Plaintiff's motion to renew his opposition to the defendants' motions for summary judgment on serious injury denied where affirmations of physicians and affidavit of plaintiff was submitted for the first time on the motion to renew and plaintiff failed to give a reasonable explanation for the failure to provide them on the original motion. Byun Sik Chu v Kerrigan
Plaintiff's claims of official misconduct in the way her complaints were handled by police officials dismissed as time-barred. Plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint to include complaints of official misconduct for her second attempt to file complaints, while not time-barred, were devoid of merit as they failed to state a cause of action and motion was providently denied. Patrella v County of Suffolk
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Defendants met their burden of showing that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury to his knee but plaintiff raised a question of fact in opposition. The court does not give the details of the proofs. Hamdan v Taggart


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So, inspired by Ben Hazzard's blog post, I now choose to incorporate my thoughts on student voice and TEDx with images from the night and feedback on my writing, provided by my friend Stacy Someville @stacesome (seen below with her husband, Vince).
Me: Last Friday night educators gathered for TEDxOntarioEd. Throughout the evening we heard from adults, or former students. Tim Long, writer and executive producer for The Simpsons, reflected on his experiences as a student in the gifted program at South Huron District High School. Jesse Brown, host and co-producer for Search Engine, reflected on what it was like as a student who enjoyed and honored texts that weren't valued by his high school teachers. Paul Finkelstein, Stratford Northwestern teacher and slow food advocate, shared his old report cards with us (and apparently with his principal) and recognized that he now creates a class that he would have enjoyed as a student.
My friend, and Avon Maitland's student success co-ordinator, Stacy Somerville, wrote her master's thesis on the ways that our school stories shape us as teachers and as people. At the TEDxOntarioEd after party, she spent a lot of time talking about this, but even more time talking about Tim Ludwig, a student presenter from Petrolia. Tim's story isn't a reflection. It is now. It is his reality, his everyday life. The pause in his speech while he struggled to find words and his place was, for me, symbolic of the need to listen to our students.
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I had planned to write about my day with Noah. I had pictures. I edited those pictures. But, it was all pretty aimless and not very interesting. Instead I'll intentionally post aimless and pointless pictures of the end of our day - a trip to the park after dinner. I'll let you guess which little boy is tired of being my model...
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Great pictures! Looks like you got yourself a copy of Photoshop. I'd recognize that lens flair anywhere!ReplyDelete
Love reading and seeing your boys! Handsome guys you have!ReplyDelete
That unknown post is from me, Karah. Can't figure out how to make my iPhone tell you it's me.ReplyDelete
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I love your blog! I now try to read it every day. You always were, and obviously still are, so very talented with words. And great humor.ReplyDelete
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When the knock sounded on the door it was just another thing for Lore to
worry about. The first of the permanent apartment complexes in New Zema
just opened and she had happily claimed a unit for herself. Though the
building materials were nowhere near as fine as those in Paseo, the
complex small and a mere three stories tall, it was a proud
accomplishment for the engineers involved. And for Lore it meant an
escape from the thin panel floors of her temporary apartment that would
rattle with any heavier than normal step she took. When Lore dropped a
box of her possessions here, the new floors took it with no more than a
low whump on the landing.
She felt ready for her new home. But now, only partially unpacked, she
didn't know if she was ready for visitors. She already told the people
at work that she was taking a few days off. What emergency could
possibly come up that they would need her for?
She decided to open the door. Lore walked around cartons full of
clothing, cooking supplies, and furniture, before setting her hand on
the door knob. These were among the first doors to use the old handles
as a way of opening them. The Palmans found increasing amounts of
satisfaction in simplicity. Technology had given them a lot, but
working to maintain it was even harder.
"Hello?" said Lore, opening the door.
The people on the other side were not from the school district. A young
man and woman, both a few years older than her, stood beyond the
doorway. She recognized them, but could find no immediate words to
"Guess who?" said the woman, golden eyes sparkling.
"Dana. Kenneth," Lore said at last. "It's been a long time." She
smiled. "Four, five years maybe? I've lost track ever since we tried
to get on with our lives."
Dana shrugged. "About that. I don't blame you for not keeping in
touch. I think all of us were a bunch of nervous wrecks for a
while--except Hugh. Dern critter got his doctorate even after all
Lore nodded, then, thinking of her guests, gestured inside. "Please.
Come in. My apartment's a bit of a mess right now, but at least there's
a couch to sit on."
They accepted and she ushered them round the piles of boxes. Lore
brought them some juice to drink as they exchanged the initial
pleasantries. She learned how the two of them had fared since she had
last seen them as students at Kueri University. Dana had been in the
final graduating class before Rolf's attack on Mother Brain disabled the
institution. She came away with a degree in bioengineering that she
wondered if she'd ever be able to use. Kenneth, being a year older than
Dana, had already started a career in teaching with his biochemical
background, but that swiftly degraded from instruction of
university-minded students to the sort of children Lore had taught.
They had managed to scrape together enough to live though. Most people
in Kueri were of a practical nature and Kenneth was one of the lucky few
who owned his very own house. He turned it and the surrounding yard
into a vegetable garden when the collapse of Mother Brain arrived. Most
people weren't so lucky as to have the space.
He also had an interesting tale to add. A while ago, during the
turbulent weeks before Mother Brain's collapse, his friend Hugh came to
him with a request. Hugh had hooked up with an agent investigating the
biomonster phenomenon, and they needed to get into Climatrol, but the
only opening they knew of was at the bottom of the ocean. He knew
Kenneth was working on something and...
"You invented the maruera gum?" said Lore.
"That was me," said Kenneth cheerfully. "And if you give me some time
there'll be plenty more where that came from!"
Lore laughed in return and related the details of her own life since the
fall of Mother Brain. She told of how Kenneth's maruera gum helped her,
Hugh, and Kain restore the power to Motavia, of how they had created
Wren and reactivated Seed. She did not tell them of Zelan or the trip
to Noah, but as much as she felt she could without letting perilous
information pass from her lips. Lore wrapped up her story with a
summary of the events that had brought her to New Zema.
Kenneth nodded approvingly as she spoke of the town's progress. "It's
coming along fine. This apartment ain't bad for being post-Mother Brain
either. It's no shantytown, that's for certain."
"Glad you think so," she said, "because I'm probably going to be living
here for a while."
"We may be joining you."
"What do you mean?"
Dana leaned forward with a conspiratory grin. "Much as we'd like to say
this is purely a social call, it ain't. You see, Ken and I were in town
looking for Hugh, but he wasn't around. Your name came up while we were
asking around so we decided to pay you a visit. We thought maybe you'd
know where he is."
Lore nodded. "I do. He's in Paseo attending a meeting as the acting
chair of the Biolab. Why?"
"We each received letters via courier from the Biolab. They were actual
computer printouts requesting us to report to Hugh about positions as a
part of the lab's staff."
"Really? That's great! Do you know what as?"
Dana shook her head. "But I'm guessing it'll be along the line of our
specialties. Ken's innovative applications of biochemistry has always
made him sought after. But me? I dunno. I was called too."
"You regard yourself too lowly," chided Kenneth. "People will need you
even more now that the health care system is failing as much as it
Lore grimly agreed. "I don't know what Hugh's criteria is for the
people he wants to work in the lab, but I think we can use all the help
we can get."
"I suppose you're right." Dana exhaled loudly. "So, let's move on to a
brighter topic! How has Hugh been? He's obviously a very busy man
now. Neither of us have heard anything from him since Mother Brain
collapsed--though we've certainly heard of him."
Lore shrugged. "Okay, I guess. As you guessed, he's been really busy
lately. He doesn't talk to me as much as he used to. When he does it's
usually about business. I don't think he likes to admit it, but I think
he knows he's taking on a lot of stress and he's afraid to make a
mistake. He has the support of everyone currently working on the Biolab
and he doesn't want to lose it. This meeting he's attending in Paseo
has been bothering him too. I think I know what it's about, but he
can't discuss it with me."
"Sorry to hear that," said Dana. "We thought you two were such a close
"What ?"
Dana smiled. "Sure you never did anything romantic together, but you
were such good friends we thought if you didn't find anyone else the two
of you would get married."
"We're hardly that old, Dana. I'm only twenty-two, and Hugh's just a
year older than me."
"So? We're not that much older than you."
Dana lifted a hand and pulled back the long sleeve of her shirt to
reveal a close fitting bracelet. Twin strands of gold interwove in
simple elegance around her wrist. Engraved in each of them was the
double helix formation.
"You got married," said Lore.
Dana nodded, noting Lore's interest in the design. "Our symbol," she
said, "since we're both biologists."
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The Commander of Motavia pounded his gavel from his position at the head
of the large reception chamber. "The Council and the civic department
heads vote to deactivate Daughter under the provision that an emergency
activation signal to wake her will be integrated with Nurvus in the
event that the system should ever fail."
Kain nodded his agreement along with the many others present. The
Council sat high in the arena with the Commander below them at a special
desk. Kain and the department heads sat low in the area opposite them,
a shallow bowl designed to hold an audience of two hundred. It had been
three months since he proposed Nurvus, and things were going
surprisingly well. Hugh mentioned that the Biolab was getting close to
operation and that Seed had sent notices to prospective staff members.
The biologist seemed rather distant when he told Kain of his progress,
but Kain had enough to worry about. No one should be forced to accept
Nurvus, but he needed the cooperation of most of the different
departments to make sure it would work. Yes, the Council agreed that
Nurvus would replace Daughter, but that did not mean that all the
different systems would have to be integrated with it. He wanted to
give people the choice.
Kain tried to catch Hugh's eye, since the biologist sat a few chairs to
his left, representing the Biolab, but the purple-haired scientist's
eyes remained fixated on the Council in front of them. Kain sighed and
settled back in his seat. He hated this. Hated every bit of it. He
liked helping people, but he liked his freedom too. Where did that go?
Since when did he become a big wheel?
He risked a look around at the people in the room with him though, and
decided that his thoughts mirrored that of the majority of the people
here. Most of them were his age, maybe a little older. They were the
future that would define Motavia; young people old enough to lead yet
young enough to adapt. Rolf was here, as head of internal security.
Rudo and Anna were here, representing the hunters and guardians
respectively. Even Amy was here, on behalf of the flagging public
health department. Only Shir was missing, though he wouldn't be
surprised if she knew about today's happenings as well. He found it
almost funny how the seven of them had gone from defeating Mother Brain
to becoming ingrained in the very sort of politics that blinded the
people to the danger she had been.
"Now that Nurvus will be replacing Daughter, we need the ratification of
the departments that will be integrated with it," said the Commander.
"This network cannot function as proposed without a majority of the
systems, including such vitals as Climatrol and the plate system.
Considering the fractured disposition of the public and the current
level of independence of many of our departments, the Council has
decided that it will not be absolutely necessary for everyone to be
included. However, joining is highly encouraged, and may become
mandatory in the future should Nurvus prove capable. If there is any
dissension, speak now and present your reasons for your department's
action. Department names will be read off by Councillor Dawson. Please
respond when the department you represent is announced."
Gillian stood, holding a list of names in his hand. "Climatrol."
A red-haired man from behind Kain stood and replied, "Climatrol's staff
votes to join Nurvus."
"Shure Engineering Facility," said Gillian.
"Shure's engineers will join with Nurvus."
"Roron will join Nurvus."
Kain listened with a quaking stomach and a bladder that suddenly felt
too full. He fidgeted, hoping, almost daring to pray to a god whose
existence he doubted, that all parties would agree to integrate with
Nurvus. Wren would not be another Mother Brain. The android, Zelan,
and Nurvus together could free up Palman hands enough for them to
concentrate on the parts of their lives no machines could rebuild.
Kain, as Wren's primary creator held no illusions about the limitations
of his project. Wren was an intelligent tool, but a tool nonetheless,
and only as efficient as the people behind him.
"Dams and irrigation," said Gillian.
"Dams will join."
There were heads present of departments not yet ready to function, but
hoped to be off the ground as soon as Nurvus or Daughter presented the
opportunity. The dams had still not recovered since the destruction of
Mother Brain. Climatrol was an inactive hulk. The plate system rusting
for all they knew, but people were assigned to recover and develop them
Kain listened to the list grow. The agricultural department rebelled,
citing the need to observe the crops firsthand in order to produce the
best yield. Though very new in their knowledge of farming, most had
learned quickly out of fear and desperation. He supposed they felt
threatened at the thought of sharing power over something they had
struggled so hard for.
"Nido Observatory."
"We vote to join Nurvus."
Few departments were left to name. Kain's roving eyes rested on
"Biosystems Lab," said Gillian.
Kain watched the biologist stand for what seemed like an eternity. His
friend looked like ice when he met the councillor in the eye.
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Fury over NFL's crackdown on player's 9/11 tribute cleats
Two police union honchos are so outraged the NFL threatened to sack a Titans linebacker for wearing a patriotic pair of cleats honoring those who died on 9/11, they promised to pay his fine if he wears them in Sunday's game anyway, The Post has learned.
Avery Williamson, a starting linebacker for the Tennessee team, hoped to wear a pair of specially-designed cleats at his team's home opener Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, but he backed off when a league rep vowed to fine him for violating the league's uniform code.
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"I don't want to draw negative attention, so I'm just going to focus on playing the game," Williamson told the Tennessean newspaper, on Friday.
The news outraged Paul Nunziato, head of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.
"I'm making a goal line stand on this. Enough is enough! The NFL is out of bounds on this," he insisted.
He said that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, by denying Williamson the right to wear the patriotic footwear, had "committed a personal foul against humanity.
"This guy [Williamson] was hoping to honor everyone who died on 9/11, no matter what their country or color."
Nunziato has teamed up with Patrick Colligan, president of the 33,000 member New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association, who was equally flabbergasted about the threatened fine.
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Rick Steves gets me in trouble every time. When I get back from some excruciatingly long trip trying to keep everybody fed, happy, and rested as we hop from airplane to airplane, I swear that I am done with it for a while. As I suffer from jet lag and credit card debt, the only thing that excites me is the first night Bear sleeps all the way through the night again. We catch up on mail and bills, water the plants and the garden, and start to settle back into our home routine.
It then starts so innocently. I re-read the Rick Steves guidebook on wherever we just went; just to reminisce a bit. Then I start reading his Postcards From Europe, enjoying the stories of his own travels. Then I start watching his shows on PBS and Hulu, and it is all over from there. 80 shows of some of the greatest places in Europe and the near East, and I always see something I have to go visit, and I start planning our next trip somehow forgetting about the long hours on an airplane.
It was a slow afternoon at work the other day, and we were watching the PBS pledge drive as we waited for passengers to check in for our last flight. We put up with the half-hour sales pitch because they were having a Rick Steve's marathon. As we chatted, waited for passengers, and watched enchanting scenes from the Dalmatian coast, I was only half paying attention. Until I saw people walking on board walks through watery grottoes over azure lagoons. And there was a river boat that looked like it was from some Amazon exploration from the 1920s. I was looking at Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park.
From the official website they describe it as harboring "a grand collection of waterfalls, gallery of lakes, forest and diversity of animal life. The lakes are renowned for their distinctive colors, ranging from azure to green, gray or blue. The colors change constantly depending on the quantity of minerals or organisms in the water and the angle of sunlight. The sixteen lakes which are formed by natural dams of travertine are separated into upper and lower lakes. About eight km of pathways and wooden walking trails around lakes are accessible to visitors."
It looks like a place that exists only in stories about dragons, wizards, and distressed damsels. Somewhere that you would be as likely to find a water sprite playing tricks on a faerie as you would a gaggle of Japanese tourists, eyes glued to their view finders.
Speaking of tourists, there seems to be a distinct lack of them in Croatia. I have only been to Europe in the off season, and mainly to places with few American tourists at any time of year, but from pictures and stories, I dread the overheated and overcrowded masses of August in Europe. But the Baltics have yet to be overwhelmed with British bachelor parties, plump German sunbathers, or American couples constantly telling everyone how much better things are done at home.
I hope to visit soon, at least before Rick Steves gets me hooked on some other place.
To see the Rick Steve's episode, go to: http://www.hulu.com/watch/99628/rick-steves-europe-slovenia-and-croatia
Note: If you have any must-see places, have been to Plitvice Lakes, or have flown in first class, please let me know! I'd love to hear your stories.


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To mirror the last post- good evening!
My biggest achievement so far today is still being up right now- at a whopping 9:07pm. Doesn't sound particularly impressive but I'm so busy working my way through all the symptoms in the book, I'm too tired. And in fact too tired to sleep some nights, which is awesomely fun! I'm starting to sympathise with babies that scream and cry whilst their parents, pulling out their hair, are (internally) yelling "Go to sleep! You're tired, that's why you're crying!"
This evening I have:
-washed up (from last night- slobs!)
-eaten the yummy home made dinner (husband made last night and re-heated tonight)
-nibbled on a yoghurt to try to ease the queasy-ness
-had a hot bath
Now, that's the height of an exciting life-style eh?
I am trying extremely hard not to complain as I know there are thousands of women out there who would desperately love the security of feeling pregnancy symptoms. And therein lies the "Elephant in the Room" (what a cringeworthy phrase)- the possible problems with pregnancy.
Each conversation about the future has to start with the caveat "Providing all goes well…". Each thought about our plans for the next 8 months has to come with a level headed attitude towards the realistic (if small) possibility that something can go wrong, and it's important to be well informed.
One of the first things we did at almost-5-weeks-pregnant was to Buy A Book. I got lost in Waterstones Pregnancy department and the husband found me surrounded by books. We struck off any that "didn't have pictures" or were "to hippy" and I ende dup left with "Zita Wests "Your Pregnancy Companion".
I'm not 100% sure if it was actually the *best* book I could buy- I bought it in a bit of a panic, filled with worry that we'd see someone we knew in the book shop and they'd find out our secret. It makes a worryingly large number of references to homeopathy– but I suppose if there's any time a person might turn to alternative medicine, it will likely be when they're unable to take conventional drugs due to the risks to the foetus. It's still absolute bunk, but I can skip those bits. Obviously there's lots of reference to health and yoga and some meditation which I can handle!
To ensure the husband didn't feel left out, we bought him Pregnancy for Men: The whole 9 months.
Now *this* is a book! It's hillarious, silly, serious, informative and totally readable. Once I'd skim read all 380 pages (yes really) of my slightly boring and clinical tome, I nicked this one from him. It's a very good read, and I'd recommend all dads-to-be to get hold of a copy (if not just so that the mums-to-be can read it too!).
We now feel pretty clued up on at least the first trimester and know what we can possibly expect- the good the bad and the ugly.


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It was a warm welcome by three huge tail wagging dogs as I entered Bidhisha and Leonardo's home in Pondicherry. It is as beautiful on the inside as on the outside. The front garden is eye-catching with its stone boulders, succulents, square pond and tree lined path right up to the front porch.
The couple has renovated this old house to create an exquisite expression of themselves. The entrance to the porch has been retained with its beautiful wooden pillars and colonial edge borders on the roof, which run all around the house. The front porch wall is a showcase for Bidhisha and Leonardo's quirky collection of masks – a collection they intend to fill the walls with over the years.
Placed at the entrance is a colonial table along with a centrally placed circular mirror, perfect for hanging umbrellas and a quick dekho before stepping out! Antique furniture along with a striking green bench constitute a comfortable evening sit out. The wooden front door is embellished with elaborate motifs and traditional carvings. Set towards the back of the porch is a dining table with a set of chairs made from what looked like recycled plywood.
The living room is combined with a small open kitchen. A breakfast counter in between is ideal for Leonardo, a chef, who believes that entertaining has to be accompanied by mouth-watering delicacies. Bidhisha, a designer herself, has a more minimalistic yet contemporary approach to her interiors. The centre table is her masterpiece with drawers on all four sides and surfaced with recycled textured paper set beneath a glass sheet.
A quaint wooden rocking horse and traditionally made leather lamps decorate the living room side tables. The modernistic cushions add an unexpected vibe to the whole atmosphere. The TV cabinet is very unusual with its vegetable dye prints on patterned brown paper shutters, a lovely DIY project done by her mother, Bitasta.
The kitchen, though minimalistic and simple, exudes rustic charm and has ample storage space.
The bedroom presents an artistic balance of colours with a blue painting of a couple taking the centre stage, swaying your attention away from the beautiful wooden cot that lies just beneath it. The piece was created by an artist alongside a music performance. The movement and swirls of the paint echo the lilting notes of the music!
A woven bamboo foot bench made by her grandfather, an artist from the reputed Shantineketan school of art, coupled with blue and grey curtains from Bidhisha's own design studio create an atmosphere quite unique.
Their residence, which was originally an old Tamil style home, is singular in the fact that it marries the old with the new to create a harmony so perfect!
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Welcome 2016 – What the heck was going on?
Wow – what a year. My last blogpost was over a year ago now. When i started the "pepetalksgames"-Blog i wanted to keep blogging regularly. And it kinda worked, but when the year 2015 started and i told you about the Tödesdreyeck, well, a lot of stuff changed. I moved in with my partner in Berlin, found new friends and together we founded berlins first indie collective, spent the summer on the road, finally got a van, made a local multiplayer hockey game together with jo, went to gamescom, Paris, Cologne, did a very successful talk together with Mareike and worked on our first big App for very little kids in Unity.
And last but not least – i finally got a new website which you are kinda looking at right now.
So welcome – and please be patient as i'm still welding everything together.
Welcome 2015 – Goodbye Tödesdreyeck!
First of all, a happy new year to everyone!
2014 has been an exciting but also a very exhausting year. We won the award for the best german video game in the beginning of the year (article), worked on a very big project for a super nice client (LWL), started work for the next client (Filmtank) and i could be part of a very awesome project by my buddies from major bueno (tour bueno). But this post is not about my work stuff but instead it's about something personal. An experience i think many of you already had. It's connected to that major bueno project and what came out of it. I named it the "Tödesdreyeck". The correct german word for it would be "Todesdreieck" which translates to something like "Triangle of Death".
|What the actual fuck is he talking about?
Let me explain:
When you have a longer period where you spend most of your time working your life also changes. At least if you're not careful enough, which i obviously wasn't. You get into some kind of toxic routine. Your daily movement patterns start to transform. As you have less time to move from point a to b, then c, then d, and so on (home, workplace, lunchbreak, evening activites) you start to optimize the paths. And by that i don't mean the paths themselves, you start to cut your points you translate from to a bare minimum. And this minimum consists of 3 points: Your sleeping place (i wouldn't call it home during that time), your working place and one local meetup point where you sometimes hangout at late nights (which results in being a bar).
|A:Sleep, B:Work, C:Drink
So basically when times get even more rough you just travel between A and B and if you do this for a long time you're super happy if you manage to move again to C from time to time. And that's one of the main problems. You get satisfied superficially with A,B,C. Suddenly you accept this Tödesdreyeck as a standard. And it shouldn't be one. You definitely need time to understand this but you also need someone who looks from a external perspective. Someone who asks :"Is this everything in your life?". For me it was myself that crumbled after a year of that cycle. In the last quarter of 2014 i realized: "what the actual fuck am i doing? Somethings wrong and i have to change that."
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So i took the last 4 weeks of 2014 off. I did this testrun for the tour bueno and made a game about this issue with Marius and Bene and we called it "Tödesdreyeck". The "making of" of that game will hopefully be released someday as some kind of "Episode 0" of their tour, i'll keep you posted about that.
Tödesdreyeck – the "Game"
|Get that?
Well, and what happens when you do this with a lot of Tödesdreyecks? You expand each of the characters own personal Tödesdreyecks to a big polygon on which they can hang out and meet a lot of cool dudes and dudettes.
Beware of fake youtube-stars
Hi there,
first of all – thanks for your request. We're happy that you like our game! As for your request, here's my answer:
I reached out to your official twitter account (@studiofizbin), in order to verify that it's really you – just give me a short reply per Twitter. Until that, I can't send you keys.
Let me explain…
I guess you're aware of lame-ass copycats that pretend to be famous youtube people in order to squeeze out some free steam keys from hard working game developers. This is a situation we can't and won't tolerate as a game development company. We're a small studio fighting for survival in order to be able to do what we and our customers love: making games the way we want them to be. Giving away free steam keys to people that don't help us market our game results in, yeah you guessed it right, nothing. Even more, it results in us not getting any money for our games and nothing in exchange. Imagine what would happen if we give away keys to everyone that sends us such fake requests. Oh, you're right! We can't make money with our games, we loose our jobs, we close our studio and no one will ever see another game from us. I think we both agree that thats a very nasty thing to happen, so we should both do the best to avoid that.
In conclusion:
- If you really can help us with a video on your platform, just confirm it by replying to my tweet with your official twitter handle and i will be glad to give you one key for testing and 3 for community events.
- If you're not the person you're pretending to be but still want to play our game and can't afford it, try again with a honest mail. State your case, and don't be shy. We already gave keys to someone that loved the game but just couldn't afford it.
- If you just wanted to have some keys for free,to resell them or whatever … well then you can go and … yourself.
Me is now bashing fake-youtube people like this:
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"We killed the Indie-Game Star" – Pt.1
Wow – 6 months … that's a pretty long time. And it would have some weeks more if there wasn't a topic that popped up yesterday which got my attention and proves (again) in what a sick world you have to dive in if you're doing mobile games.
That's it, we're giving up the premium game. Next time we're just going to sell you 500 coins for $2 instead.
— ustwogames (@ustwogames) 12. November 2014
Although i don't think that that's really going to happen i still find the simple statement harsh enough: We as consumer are preparing our own free 2 play hell. So my equation is the following one: I love to play more for quality and as i have limited resources buy less. It's like the problem with cheap food. Instead of eating crap meat every second day i try to get good meat once every two weeks. So back to mobile games – are people really arguing about 1,79€? Their "god-damn average crap beer in a fuckin' bar trying to get wasted and looking incredibly stupid while doing it" is two times that price! Hey "You let us down"-folks, how about that? Next time you get into your club after having your first drink try arguing with the bar keeper that you want your second one for free. Dumbasses.
I am totally aware that this post consists more of swearing than real content – but i just had to let off some steam. Too many developers (friends, people that i admire, myself) have to deal with such people. And it's getting worse. But the "getting worse" part will be explained in my next post. Hopefully faster than in 6 months …
Until then – have something beautiful (for about 13€, yes that's real money you have to pay for something good. That's also 4 beers in a bar or just 2 packs of cigarettes, think by yourself what's more worth …):
"The Inner World" gewinnt bestes Deutsches Spiel 2014 [German]
Ludwigsburg, 9:10 Uhr
Okay, heute ist es soweit. Heute Abend werde ich es endlich wissen. Gewinnen wir den Deutschen Computerspiel Preis und setzen uns gegen "Crysis 3" und "Giana Sisters" durch – oder bleibt es bei der Nominierung für das beste Deutsche Spiel? Vielleicht sollte ich weniger darüber nachdenken und endlich mal aufstehen und mich fertig machen. Oh, schon zehn nach zehn! Ich sollte nun wirklich los. Schnell Krawatten und Hemdauswahl in den Rucksack gestopft!
Zuffenhausen, 10:45 Uhr
Tobias wartet schon und Sebastian und Mareike lassen nicht lange auf sich warten. Das ist sie, die Fizbinsche Delegation für den wichtigsten Preis der Deutschen Videospielbranche. Am liebsten hätte ich den ganzen Fernbus gemietet und das ganze Team mitgenommen, da solche Gala-Veranstaltungen aber immer eine gewisse Exklusivität haben sollen dürfen nur Mareike und Sebastian zusammen mit Dieter und Marcel auf die "VIP"-Couch, Tobias und Ich sitzen in der "Fan Zone". Ist aber auch egal, denn falls wir gewinnen sollten werden wir wie auch immer auf die Bühne kommen. Oh unser Shuttle Bus ist da.
München, 15:20 Uhr
Nach einer langen Busfahrt und einer kleinen Exkursion durch das Münchner ÖPNV Ticket System (Meine Fresse, eure Tagestickets sind verdammt günstig!) sind wir auf der "Games Bavaria Conference" angekommen und dürfen uns zusammen mit den Jungs von Black Forest Games über den Preis und unsere Erfolgsaussichten unterhalten. An diesem Punkt wird mir klar: Okay – klar würde ich gerne gewinnen, aber Adrian und Andreas hätten es auch verdient den Pokal mit nachhause zu nehmen.
München, 18:10 Uhr
Anprobe. Aufgrund der vertrödelten Zeit am Morgen habe ich mir eine Auswahl meiner Krawatten mitgenommen und 2 verschiedene Hemden. Okay, weiß und eine dunkle Krawatte mit bunten Streifen. Mittlerweile haben starke Kopfschmerzen eingesetzt, die ich der Nervosität zuschreibe. Aber das bemerke ich nur nebenbei. Meine Gedanken drehen sich darum wie ich vor 4 Jahren Sebastian und Mareike kennengelernt hatte und was in diesen 4 Jahren alles passiert ist. Von der ersten Idee von Asposien bis hin zu diesem Spiel war es ein aufregender aber auch steiniger Weg. Und das Ding könnte heute auch noch als das "Beste" Deutsche Spiel ausgezeichnet werden? Was ist eigentlich das "Beste" Deutsche Spiel? Während ich Tobias seine Krawatte binde halte ich für mich fest: Was auch immer das "Beste" Deutsche Spiel bedeutet, ich würde mich freuen wenn die Arbeit der letzten Jahre so geehrt wird.
München, ca 21:30
Mein Kopf pocht wie schon lange nicht mehr. Wir sind als nächste Kategorie dran. Moment mal, ein Gesangs Act? Ernsthaft? Okay, ich bin kurz draußen.
München, 21:40
Die Kippe hat es nicht besser gemacht, ich glaube mein Hirn hält die Anspannung nicht aus. Ah Okay, der Minister hält die Laudatio. "Was macht ein bestes Deutsches Spiel aus" … "Es muss mich fesseln" … "Das können bei mir am besten Jump'n'Runs".
Okay, das wars. Giana Sisters hat gewonnen. Verdient.
"So und der Gewinner."
"Des Deutschen Computerspiel Preises"
"Für das beste Deutsche Spiel ist"
Black Forest Games mit Giana Sisters.
"The Inner World!"
Der Rest des Abends ist auf komischen Fotos auf Twitter und in der ganzen Presse in Deutschland zu sehen und nachzulesen.
Wir haben es geschafft.
Als vor 4 Jahren die Konzeption und Entwicklung dieses Projektes losging hätte ich mir niemals denken können dass wir jemals den "Deutschen Computerspielpreis" für das BESTE DEUTSCHE SPIEL gewinnen könnten. Ich weiß dass der Preis einige Kontroversen hervorruft und auch ich denke dass der Preis noch einiges zu tun hat bevor er das ist was er sein möchte, aber alles in allem hat dennoch eine Jury sich entschieden uns den Preis zu geben und nicht Crysis 3. Auch wenn 4players ihn wohl lieber Crysis gegeben hätte. Die Frage ist nämlich in Reviews sowie in solchen Preisen: "Was bedeutet eigentlich bestes Spiel ?".
Aber, jetzt ist auch mal Zeit DANKE zu sagen!
Ich bedanke mich in erster Linie bei meiner Familie, die mir diese Reise durch Unterstützung und vollster Zustimmung überhaupt erst ermöglicht hat. Wenn Papa, Jenny und Chris so stolz sind, kann Alex noch mehr als 140% geben.
Und natürlich das wohl fantastischste Team ever. Schmitt und Mott – ihr seid die geilsten Kollegen, ever. Danke für Fizbin. Danke für die Zeit, und Danke für die kommende Zeit. Elke, Tobi, Anika, Andi, Flo, Fabi, Ferdi, Regina, Kim, Miri, Jana, Verena, Paul, Moritz, Angie, Philipp, David, Chris, Bertram … ohne euch alle (und all diejenigen, die ich vergessen habe) wäre The Inner World nicht das geworden was es jetzt ist. Ein preisgekröntes Adventure für Jung und Alt. Danke. Danke. Danke.
Aber auch bei meinen Freunden, die mich mit ihrem Stolz und ihrer Unterstützung durch die schlaflosen Nächte getrieben haben, welche mich dieses Projekt gekostet hat. Ich sollte es nicht tun, aber ich versuche es einfach mal: Beni, Nobbi, SteDu, Ela, Simone, Paul, Alena, Äxl, Martin, Nemo, Nagash, Matze, Neffi, Kati, Bohmi, Suhlig, Adriana, Jens, Martin … und und und und und. Danke für Bier, Unterstützung, Mut, Schulter zum Abstützen und Liebe.
Klemens von der Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten, Inga von der Filmakademie, Teut als Mentor (You teut us so!) und Stephanie von der MFG – Danke für euer Vertrauen, eure Ratschläge und eure Unterstützung!
Zu guter Letzt: Auch bei dir, bedanke ich mich. Auch wenn unsere Wege seit geraumer Zeit sich getrennt haben, so hast du am meisten von der Zeit, in der ich an The Inner World gearbeitet habe mitbekommen. Du hast die schlaflosen Nächte am meisten mitbekommen. Die Zeit an deiner Seite haben mir die Kraft gegeben, die das ganze hier gekostet hat. Danke für das Aushalten, das Warten, das Hoffen, den Glauben, die Stärke und die Liebe. Egal wie oft ich Danke schreibe, ich glaube kaum dass es dir gerecht wird. Ich hoffe du musst so eine Zeit nicht noch einmal durchmachen und wünsche dir alles liebe und gute.
So – und jetzt muss ich raus für ein paar Tage. Raus aus dem Netz, raus aus dem Haus, raus in die Natur. Der Kopf ist voll und neblig. Zeit ihn freizumachen.
So long and see you soon,
Alexander – Pepe – Alex
p.s.: Es folgen radom impressions!
"Work-Life Balance" or "A little rant about random stuff in a box."
Although some of you won't like to hear that, i'll say it anyways: No, i am not dead. I just was pretty busy. Being the Game & Technical Director in one person on our current game is pretty demanding and i am struggling to not work more than i can.
|thx, thecodinglove.com
But this is not always easy, especially if you try to run a indie studio. You have to keep your project going, do some pitches for new client jobs in order to get some money to work even more on your own projects. Get that irony? Besides of that i try to still get some free time (and i had some wonderful days, trust me!) in order to refresh creativity and motivation. After the last years i learnt a lot. One of the most important things was – if you work too hard, and even harder than that, your efficiency gets pretty crappy. But hey, i promised you a rant. So let me get to the point.
Thanks to very specific facebook ads i always get the appropriate ads: "Get a ton of muscles in just 1 day." "Get laid!" "Get money!" "Get pretty!" "With no effort!". Here is a selection of stuff i gathered the last years …
|'nuff said.
|Rose loved Jack's "JizzButton".
Seriously – who on earth believes this crap? But ranting about stupid facebook ads, is lame, i know. So i got another topic. Here in germany there are lots of startups trying to sell me stuff they select for me in a box. It's perfect for busy & hip people that run their own business and have no time for such bullshit like selecting their own clothes or get their own food. My facebook wall is cluttered with this bullshit. Ads and even some people i have on the friend list don't stop bragging about how they try this crap (Short reminder to myself: I'll have to clean up my friend list). So – what the f*ck is wrong with going outside and get shopping your own food? Mr. Hip-Business-Punk is to busy for that? Or maybe he is too busy eating also? So why waste your time with chewing if you could just get intravenous food? Why should you care about getting out of your office and selecting the stuff you'll stuff into your mouth? Because i still have a life god damn it. I want to get outside and pick my food by myself. And i don't want to hear about that so would you please shut the fuck up.
|Thanks, but no thanks.
It's like facebook knows "Hey this guy works too much and always gets into the supermarket on the last fucking minute. Let's propose him some "i am a total retard"-boxes. Oh and he also still not dresses like a total jerk, so let's help him with that too!"
|Yeah, i want to look like these poor morons. Right.
What on earth were they thinking? I mean, thanks to all the online delivery stuff of course you could survive by not leaving your home, or even better than that, by not leaving your office, but now we even don't have to select our stuff? Try to have our own style? Seriously – if i hadn't had such beautiful days recently i would have totally gone berserk by the seemingly endless stupidity of some people.
Thanks for listening, i'll start cleaning my friend list. Bye you "Superbusy-but-hip-human-being-that-doesn't-have-time-to-select-his-own-food-or-own-clothes". Have a nice day I hope your lunch sucks and you look stupid in your chosen outfit.
112 Indies and "How do you monetize?"
Yesterday I returned from Casual Connect in Amsterdam and as todays going out options are rather "meh", I thought it would be a good opportunity to get my Casual Connect review going – so get some popcorn and enjoy!
Day One – "Arrival and Pocketgamer meet and greet!"
As our game "The Inner World" won the "Best Game in Show"-Award in 2013 at Casual Connect in Kyiv, we had the honor to attend this Casual Connect in Amsterdam for free, so we booked a flight and off we went. From Stuttgart it is just an one hour flight, so nothing to be afraid of there. Once we arrived in Amsterdam it was time for lunch. And boy did we get the best fries in town!
|Fries… Awesome Fries!
In the evening we got to the welcome party hosted by Pocketgamer.co.uk, which was pretty awesome! We had some drinks and had time to meet all the attending developer friends.
Day Two -"Nope our game has no PVP, sorry for that!"
|Indies – everywhere!
After a whole day of talking to business suits and people that simply love our game, I didn't know what was still to come. Okay – I am going to write about it, no matter what. We were at the office opening party of a company named paymentwall inc. Sounds fair and thanks for the free drinks! "Let there be money" is their company slogan. Okay, I can deal with that. But tiger babys? In a little cage with loud music and a lot of people around them? Seriously? Sorry – but I can't imagine how someone actually agreed to that idea.
|not cool.
So after that shock (and after mooching of beer'n'food) we went to the first official party sponsored by distimo and newzoo. Again, fun, chatting with developers, seeing old friends and making new friends. I love it. I also could forget about the baby tigers, but still I was glad to hear the rumor that someone called the police at the other party and they got in trouble to not having a license for … having baby tigers at a party. At least someone had the guts to do this. Dear people at paymentwall, don't get me wrong – it was cool to invite people in your new office. It was also pretty cool to give them free beer'n'burgers and I am not being ungrateful here. But baby tigers at a party with hundreds of people and music?
Day Three – "I love your game and why do you look like you're in terrible pain?"
Like professionals we where partying till 3 am but standing at our booth at 10am lookin' nice and awesome. New people came to have a look at our game and I had some time to have a closer look at the other games. This is why I loved CC in Amsterdam – I could chat with the developers of "Journey Down" for example, talk about their development aproach, talk about ours, and just have a good time with people that do the same thing i love. Making games. And when you meet someone that says "Hi I am from Bombay … What YOU worked on The Inner World? I played and loved it!", then your heart just goes boom boom before melting into a big pile of love. Dude, thanks! A guy with a a cardboard box on it's head? No problem! Game developers crazyness was over 9000%.
|Where's the cardboard box guy?
Besides of the big indie showcase there also were a lot of talks at CC. But only 2 of them were interesting enough for me to actually consider watching them. With so many indies attending, the talks that could matter to indie game developers where too less I think. I would have loved to hear more about the postmortems of other studios than just on the last day. But hey – this way I could keep on chatting with developers myself and showing our game to people. After a whole day standing and talking I was so looking forward to the after party. As I knew it was a CC party, I expected crazyness. So at the entrance there was a guy in a weird looking elvis suit with lots of plastic gold chains around his neck acting like a host. But gold painted midgets? Dude – I don't know what to say about that. I felt like being inside the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street".
Day Four – "Awesome Winners and someone playing The Inner World for about 3 hours straight"
|Mooched from "The Last Tinker"
After the ceremony the whole indie crowd got more relaxed. You saw developers playing together other peoples games, it just felt like the tensed atmosphere of people being uncertain if they would get a prize or not, had to go away. And it got even better when we got free beers and pizza. Yeap there was free pizza. And you can imagine how the attendees reacted to that. It was like throwing some little pieces of raw meat into a pool full of sharks. I never saw so much grown man run after pizza like that. Insane. But – every cool trip has to come to an end. So it was time for us to leave amsterdam behind us at 8pm.
Conclusion – "Casual Connect – What could get better?"
- First of all, please no more partys with baby tigers or golden painted midgets. Seriously, don't do that again.
- More sessions about indie devs would be awesome – why not a whole indie track for 3 days? There where hundreds of stories to be told!
- Keep on with the indie showcase! But don't make it bigger. Make it more public instead!
- WiFi is awesome – but next time, have a better backbone. Your poor routers crashed all the time.
|bling – f2p bling!
Let's start with a little bang into 2014 – shall we?
Welcome to the Games Industry! We love games – as you do! We love nerdy stuff – as you do! Come hang out with us! Come do games for a living! Come join the dream! Come live with for us!
|Kudos to Motohiro NEZU
First of all – welcome to 2014! It's been a while. Well i don't know how you started your new year, but for me the new year started with high speed and that's also a good thing. So basically i wanted to post about my experiences with the AppStore feedback from customers and how i tried to handle that but this post has to wait as yesterday i stumbled into a discussion about the games developer scene in germany.
It all started with an invite to a talk to which Johannes Roth (Mimimi Productions) will be attending. It has the title "Indies in Germany – top or flop?". As some of you may know i often have a problem with the definition of what is indie and what not, but let's go on. Little did he know that this posting would turn out to be a battlefield of different opinions and statements about the state of the games industry in germany (at the very moment we have 179 comments!).
|Let the stoning begin [moviegourmet.com]
Long story short – Someone says that 95% of the german games are crap. He mentions a game specifically. The guy that is responsible for that game sends him an email. The other guy posts on facebook that he recieved an email from the guy who made that "crappy" game – this guy answers in the comments – and so on. Welcome to the internet. I won't get into much details – that is not what i want to talk about. I walt to talk about some facts that popped up in that discussion:
1.) The term "indie" and the "i / we am / are an indie developer"-effect
So according to the one that started that little brawl, 95% of german indie games are mediocre crap. He then names some of them. But seriously – none of this games i would call "indie games". But, that's only my own categorization. And exactly that's the problem and why i hate the term "indie". I call myself an indie developer, yes, but for what reason and why? I started Studio Fizbin together with friends in order to do what i love, games. We wanted to do games that we love and try to reach as many people as possible with it. With "The Inner World" we did a not-so-bad-job at this, but you can check that out for yourself. We signed a publisher that totally gave us the freedom to do basically whatever we wanted with our IP as long as we finished our game and provided him with a gold master. He never called and said stuff like "Well you have to change that in the game, because the market requires it" or stuff like that. We had total creative control. That and nothing else is what I for myself think being independent means. We had other offers from publishers where they would get the rights to our IP for at least 5 years. Don't get me wrong – i don't moan, i just say that is not the way we wanted the deal to be. Our IP should stay our IP, so we could keep total creative control over it. So why do i hate the term indie? Well that little word changes the way i think about a game. I instantly have the impression that i'll play a game where i can be sure that no marketing or market research destroyed the often very beautiful ideas of creative people. It's a bit like the "organic" label on food. So because today indie games are rising and the label "indie" gets you a higher market reachability, some people think they should call their games indie. Which they should not, imho.
2.) The quality of games, their according budget and the ROI
3.) The missing innovation
|CasualConnect 2013 in Kyiv – talking with the guys from BeautifunGames
p.s.: I just removed the link to the discussion. Although there are some very interesting comments, there also are some nasty things being said that i don't think have to go public.


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Good to the last drop....
This post will be about sex so stop reading now if you are easily embarrassed.
Last week, "Oprah" did an entire show about porn (check that off your dream list!). Her guest was a gospel singer who claimed to be addicted to porn. Here's what he said:
- He started looking at porn at a young age.
- He had sex with as many women as he could before marriage.
- Even after marriage, he was still like looking at porn.
Oprah was shocked.... SHOCKED! You mean even after you were married you still had a sex drive?! That's not RIGHT! You have a serious problem!
If that guy was a porn addict then so are most of the men in America. Ladies, your husband likes porn.... he just doesn't tell you about it. So, let me spell it out for you....
For the remainder of this post, sex will be replaced with "coffee" and masturbation will be refered to as "instant coffee."
I'm 41 years old and I would like to have coffee every day. It doesn't have to be a production, I just want to get that release every day and why shouldn't I? Not only is it perfectly natural, it's proven to reduce prostate cancer (look it up).
However, my wife doesn't like to have coffee everyday. So, that leaves me to fend for myself most days. Now, I'm not a machine, I need mental stimulation. I can either watch 5 minutes of porn and be done with it or I can use my imagination. If I use my imagination, I'll probably be re-living some past coffee adventure (when I was a teenager, it was all fantasy but as an adult I no longer get aroused by imagining coffee with the girl behind the counter at McDonalds.) So, as my wife, which would you prefer..... I watch a little porn or I remember in great detail the time I had coffee with an old girlfriend on a jet-ski? (I made that up, but it would be cool)
Ladies, if your husband would rather have instant than have coffee with you, then you have a problem (or rather, he does). But if he just wants to have a little coffee and you don't want to meet his schedule, get over it. If my wife gave me a coffee every day I would never watch porn (especially if it was the kind of coffee you have to blow on). Do you want to know the real reason men like porn? It's not that the girls are sexy, it's that they're willing. We're turned on by the fantasy that there are women out there who want to have a lot of coffee! You mean I don't have to beg for coffee?!
Oh, before I forget, don't start in with the whole "He should be happy with the coffee he gets from me!" We are. We love your coffee but, guess what? IT"S NOT ENOUGH! Imagine the thing that you enjoy most in this world, something you get everyday if you can.... let's say you love chocolate. Now, imagine if, after you got married, your husband told you that for the rest of your life you could only have chocolate when he said so and he could go weeks without even thinking about chocolate.... he doesn't understand why you even like chocolate so much.... you're just weird. Would you stand for that? I didn't think so. You'd be screaming, "Hey! I like chocolate! people all over the world like chocolate! Why can't I have a little chocolate every day!" (You'd probably be willing to settle for the same chocolate all the time but having no control over when you get chocolate?)
Me, I'm lucky. My wife understands that men have a different coffee drive than women.... doesn't make us freaks. (Ladies...... you like coffee... you have screamimg coffee orgasms... you feel great afterwards.... it only takes a few minutes with a partner or alone..... and yet you don't feel like having coffee everyday!? Yea, right..... I'm the freaky one!) But I know a lot of guys, most guys in fact, who have to sneak around and pretend they don't have instant coffee when the wife's not around. They do, ladies! Every one of them. You should be ashamed of yourself for making them feel like they have to hide it from you. If you don't want to have coffee with me everyday, that's fine, but don't be surprised if I grab a quick cup of instant while you're at the grocery store. It doesn't mean I don't like you, it just means I like coffee! As long as I'm drinking alone, why should you care!
Whew! I need some coffee.


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Lots of progress the last couple of days, mostly on the diorama. Subway station 8C is getting bulkheads, doors, a platform and track. The main bulkhead is corrugated cardboard with one paper side removed. Doors are sci-fi textures downloaded from the internet and glued to foam core. A few things left there to finish up.
The swamp is coming along, too. I touched up the bottom and believe the industrial piping to be done. I'm gathering scatter and junk to function as flotsam, and we'll start gluing those down shortly.
The base coat is down on the layout, and next I'll spay on a few coats from rattle cans to give the terrain some texture. The test on the diorama seemed to come out well. Track laying is imminent.


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"What's up?"
It's your proverbial boy Jeffy,
Today's topic will cater to you youngsters in RSD-land.
"Jeffy, how do I game in High School?"
…YOU DON'T, not in the "traditional" way at least.
High school is THE time to build the foundations of your social skills.
Skills that carry well into your college and adult years.
What I recommend in doing, however, is in today's video…
Here's how to PICKUP up girls in class:
You are welcome,
P.S. If you'd like to command attention with jaw-dropping vocal tonality, storytelling skills, and side-splitting humor, check out my program Resonator right here.


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Two animals fighting in water is something you will enjoy watching. If land animals were to fight in water, it would be quite challenging for them. For animals adapted to living in water, fighting in water is an easy task. Have you ever witnessed a fight between a shark and an alligator?
This arrangement sounds interesting to watch but challenging for the involved animals. We are going to look at some of the physical characteristics of these two animals that can contribute to their success in the fight.
Facts about Shark
Instead of bones, sharks are made up of cartilages that are easy to break. Their elongated bodies are tapered at the ends thus making them streamlined as an adaptation for swimming swiftly. Their rounded body enables them to save energy while swimming.
Some sharks have a camouflaging property that makes them well adapted to live in the ocean. Additionally, sharks have external nostrils. The teeth of these animals are attached by a connective tissue at the base. Replacement teeth grow continuously behind the functional teeth.
The average size of a whale shark is between 13 and 39 ft (4 to 12m). However, there was one that was 59 ft. Long. The smallest whale shark that has ever been recorded was 22 inches (56cm) long. The 39 shark species can be as long as 10ft (3m). The smallest species of sharks is the spined pygmy shark that grows for up to 7.1 inches (males) and 5.9 inches (female).
Like most mammals, sex determines the size of sharks. Sharks have sharp and modified teeth suitable for killing prey. Replacement of old teeth occurs continuously thus ensuring that the animal always has a new set of strong and sharp teeth. Did you know that a shark can shed its teeth about 30, 000 times in its lifetime?
Facts about Alligator
The alligator is considered one of North America's largest reptiles. This animal has thick scales and a armoured body that has bony plates. Alligators have a rounded snout and powerful legs. This animal can as well swim even though it is slow.
The alligator has approximately 80 teeth. New teeth replace those that wear out. Did you know that throughout the life of an alligator it can have up to 2000-3000 teeth? Females are generally shorter than males with 9 ft and 14 feet respectively.
Must check- Alligator vs Crocodile comparison
This animal is a carnivore that feeds on snakes, fish, and small aquatic mammals among other animals. The length of an alligator ranges from 2.8 to 5m. They also weigh between 160 and 1000 lb (72-455kg). Alligators have the ability to crawl on land.
Alligators can be quite aggressive when attacked. They can easily kill due to their strength. Another interesting fact about alligators is that sex is determined by the temperature that eggs are exposed to. Higher temperatures of about 34 degrees Celsius produce males while those of about 30 degrees hatch into females. Surprisingly, these carnivores have been reported to eat citrus fruits and wild grapes.
Alligator vs Shark fight comparison- who will win?
If a fight occurred between these two animals, there are high chances that an alligator will win. Alligators have a body skin while sharks have soft skin. It will be difficult for the shark to injure an alligator due to the toughness of its skin. On the other hand, an alligator can easily tear the skin of the shark.
An alligator is stronger than a shark meaning that it can strike more powerfully. Both animals have sharp teeth meaning that the fight will not be easy for either of them. The ability of the shark to fight is only limited to its mouth but the alligator can as well strike using its strong tail.


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After already experiencing the first scorcher days here in NYC, I've sadly realized that cooler weather is behind us and only hot humid days await us for the next couple months. I honestly find it much harder, at least for myself personally, to dress in the summer because I overheat so easily! One thing is for sure, I definitely wear lots and lots of facial sunscreen in the summer months, but I also am craving a panama hat in order to keep my face out of the sun.
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Beyoncé buys $311,000 diamond stilettos
If there's one woman who can rock $311k heels, it's Beyoncé. And she just got her hands on a pair for a new music video, which means we get to watch it happen.
The stilettos, created by English jewelry purveyor House of Borgezie as part of their Princess Constellation collection, were designed by British designer Christopher Michael Shellis, who offers not a lifetime warrantee, but a *1,000-year* warrantee. (So we guess Blue Ivy's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandaughter will have to report back.)
They're called the « crown jewels of stilettos » and come in either solid platinum or 18-carat gold (you know, in case you're eyeing a pair for yourself), and are decorated with a single blue butterfly.
Source: Marie Claire