I worked on writing up designs for about 6 or 7 hours today. Seems a strange thing to do on your vacation ( Read more... )

So, 'Black Ops' came out. The world expected us to have about ~85% of the success of last year's came since we were perceived as being the 'B Squad' studio compared to the studio that made 'Call of Duty' last year and because many felt the franchise had been over-saturated and its flaws had added up over time to tarnish the brand ( Read more... )

I noticed this term "creative maturity" has been sprouting up in the swirl of vocabulary that bounces about inside my mind ( Read more... )

In martial arts, everyone comes to develop their own personal style over a long enough time. What's odd is how this is much more about discovery than creation. It's like through training you are revealing something that is hidden ( Read more... )

The first few weeks of going back to a normal schedule were an adjustment. I think the exhaustion of pushing hard for about a year and a half caught with me ( Read more... )

I think being put in a situation where other people rely on me to be creative at a moment's notice has helped refine my methods a bit. That is, i've adapted and added some more tools to my belt of creative and creative-analytical thought ( Read more... )

Being back to a 40 hour work week is strange. My general mental state has been even stranger ( Read more... )

I got put back to a normal 40 hour week schedule today. It's strange...I'm so used to doing at least 80 hours a week or more, it's difficult for me to conceive of what that's like. I guess i'm a "civilian" again ( Read more... )

When levels of dopamine go up in the brain, it finds it easier to form patterns. When they go down, it finds it more difficult. When the brain is high on something like cocaine, many users report feeling more creative and as if they have a greater understanding of things. They also are likely to become more paranoid and even delusional. A ( Read more... )

I worked a 24 hour shift and basically slept all day. I worked 100 hours last week, which is a little more hours than i've been averaging for the past few months. It seems to have changed me a bit as a person ( Read more... )