It’s been a crazy couple months to say the least. Two months shy of 10 years at Sony, and I’ve been laid off. I have to say I have mixed feelings on the matter. On one hand it was a large chunk of my career, and now that I don’t have my regular day job, […]
Today I got a simple website up for Big Shiny Games!! We also have a Twitter page and a company page on LinkedIn. Things are moving along. So John is working on the updated design. I just cranked out a slew of new player ship modules and weapon wings. Mark us currently coding up the […]
Another Rainy Friday Evening…wow. Another night hanging out in the Jacuzzi with the rain beating down on my head. I love it!! Some EverQuest II news, I’m almost finished with this Siren’s Zone I took over from Amanda who’s out on maternity leave. It’s a cool zone, but I’m very happy to be done with […]
Last night was the 3rd episode into Season 4 of Faceoff and Eric has been kicking some major ass! Way to go Eric. He has been in the top spotlight of all four challenges so far, just behind Anthony who has won every one. Kind of a crazy season so far. You never see the […]
Korben Boy with his Cuz…Michelangelo, damn that’s a Hansom boy… Well 2013 is here, and it’s been a nutty 2012. A year full of mind bending change. The Arrival of Korben boy, our Home purchase which we still haven’t fully settled in…so it wasn’t a huge year for projects, but man what a year. I […]
Hello Stranger… It’s been exactly a month since I posted anything on this thing. Ivana reminded me its still here this evening. Well things have been moving along here shifting and turning as usual. We’re right on the tail end of finishing up the next EverQuest II expansion that ships towards the end of Nov. […]
My baby boy’s 1 month old already…wow. I took a few photos tonight to mark the moment. Looks like Korben’s giving us a little “Blue Steel” up at top there. lol.. Well not much going on other than concepts and writing. James is working on an updated Apocalypse character concept and I’m working away on […]
Everquest II Sees a 300% Surge in New Players After Going Free-to-Play In video game years, Everquest II‘s like the great grandpa to newer MMOs like The Old Republic or Rift. Launched in 2004, it’s got a faithful community that’s still questing around on its servers but the game’s days of accruing […]
Best Bang for the Buck: EverQuest II John Smedley: EverQuest II seeing ‘amazing growth’ following F2P by Justin Olivetti (5 hours ago) Fantasy, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Business models, MMO industry, Free-to-play, DC Universe Online 14 Following a rocky and often-troubling year for Sony Online Entertainment in 2011, it’s got to be good to have a […]
2012 is here! A new year….and a new time of ups, downs, changes, and opportunities. It’s kind of crazy really. We haven’t even stepped into the first day of the new year and so many things are already set in motion. Three months away to the arrival of our baby boy Korben and right […]