tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23037705824636584802011-07-28T11:51:08.017-07:00Independent video game development.jimbnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303770582463658480.post-67377322626248764292009-10-07T20:16:00.000-07:002009-10-07T20:35:27.566-07:00I payed $600 for a Sony PS3 like many other gamers.<br />Sony has released a 3.0 "system update"<br />which shows advertisements when the PS3 is turned on.<br /><br />TV commercials, spam email, web banner-ads.<br />Now video-game-console ads.<br /><br />Enough is enough.<br /><br />The next console I will buy will a XBOX360 or Wii.<br />Sianara, Sony.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303770582463658480-6737732262624876429?l=jimbprof.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jimbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303770582463658480.post-68081768159158463012009-08-01T06:23:00.000-07:002009-08-15T19:03:25.881-07:00While looking for old-school retro video games, found the game <a href="http://www.jimbrooks.org/web/asteroids/asteroids.html">Java Asteroids</a>. This can be played directly in a web browser.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303770582463658480-6808176815915846301?l=jimbprof.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jimbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303770582463658480.post-46385225314934543552009-01-15T13:04:00.000-08:002009-08-15T19:06:12.954-07:00In the 1980s, I admired the company that Trip Hawkins founded.<br />They sold a video game as if it were a music record, with the programmer featured as a rock-star. That changed (for the worse) when EA become a public corporation. <br /><a href="http://www.jimbrooks.org">homepage</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303770582463658480-4638522531493454355?l=jimbprof.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>jimbnoreply@blogger.com