A Disease within Mobile Gaming

Flappy Bird:

The manifestation of every bad trend in mobile gaming.

Things can go two ways from here.  Either trends will do a 180 and head towards more creative and innovative ideas or the app ecosystem will stagnate and choke out new growth for too long of a time.

But here's hoping things get better from here.

Like the Legend of the Phoenix

Remember when XPlay was funny?  Adam does.

Video Game Pricing - An Exercize in Relativity

So certain people (IGN comments thread people, so that should pretty much sum up this post) were whining about the recently discovered length of MGS: Ground Zeroes, claiming it to be a ripoff.

Story from IGN

I thought I'd give my thoughts on the issue.

Logic

If a program accomplishes its purpose, it must be running.
Though a program may run, it may not accomplish its purpose.

If something is true, it must be logical.
Though something may be logical, it may not be true.
People can start with bad information.

You don't need to know *how* something is true for it to be truthful.
Yet, saying something is true does not mean it is so.

If condition "A" is true, then condition "B" is true.
If condition "B" is true and condition "A" is not true, the statement is true, but "A" still is not.

A -> B

(A = t & B = t) -> (A -> B) = t
(A = f & B = t) -> (A -> B) = t

(B = t & A = t) -> (B -> A) = t
(B = t & A = f) -> (B -> A) = f

Therefore

(A -> B) = t -> (B -> A) = (t|f) and is thus, indecisive.

- Mathematician Proverbs

Character Presentation - A Story Is Only Good If It's Told

Better hide this...

I know a great story that strikes a deep emotional chord and really changes people's perspective on life.

...

Oh, you'd like to know what it is?  Well, it's really great and I'm sure you would enjoy it.