December 2009
48 posts
Motivations
“What if you came across a Goomba with a wife and kids? Would that make you think twice before so carelessly jumping on their head and crushing their skull into the pavement?”
Great read on character development and motivations in video games, but not sure I agree with the amount of praise he gives Shadow of the Colossus…
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Breakfast.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been up at 6am. …this ungodly hour.
There’s something beautiful about being up this early. The adolescent in me is kind of ashamed to admit that being up this early is an experience I’ve missed for so long.
The world looks completely different at this hour.
I’ve grown used to seeing the world in only one light, one angle.
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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
– Winston Churchill (via ambivalence) (via quote-book) (via miryo)
What's in a name? (a lot.)
I love finding out that there are terms and phrases to explain random ideas and thoughts.
Perfect example: The Pygmalion effect.
From Wikipedia: “The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, refers to the phenomenon that the greater the expectation placed upon people, often children or students, the better they perform. The effect is named after Pygmalion, a Cypriot sculptor in a narrative...
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Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by...
– William J. H. Boetcker (via justbesplendid) (via quote-book) (via miryo)
This old guy on the bus smells like piss & has a bloody ass hand. Hes also got slippers on. Thx, NY, for bringin me back to reality so soon.
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“Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?”
(I kinda just...
– Marilyn Monroe (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via miryo)
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Hell Week =
Write it Get it Paste it Save it Load it Check it Quick Rewrite it.
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I am nervous. I’m afraid. But I will stand here in the white hot heat of...
– I Wrote This For You: The Lantern In The Lifeboat
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I Wrote This For You: The Lantern In The Lifeboat →
I am nervous. I’m afraid. But I will stand here in the white hot heat of you. I will play Russian roulette with your playlists. I will tell jokes I’m not sure you’ll find funny. I will hold on until there is no more reason to. And in the end, I will break the stars and resurrect the sun.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to...
– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (via johannal) (via quote-book) (via miryo)
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Tetris
Slowly but surely, all the pieces seem to be falling in place, and (surprisingly) coming in order.
…like getting the long piece in Tetris.
Calvin: You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the...
– Bill Watterson (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via miryo)
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I...
– Bill Watterson (via calidre) (via quote-book) (via miryo)
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via quote-book) (via miryo)
As soon as you think you’re done, you are. Keep growing. Never be done.
– via: I wrote this for you (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via miryo)