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Gerald Belman's Blog

Gerald Belman is a stupid middle age turdburger - he went to Martha Dyke university in the 60's and has no problem (for some annoying reason) walking into a public bathroom barefoot. You can reach him at JBelman@compuserve.net - That's right . . . compuserve.

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Electronic Arts - Why has it's financial performance been so poor?
Posted by Gerald Belman on Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:54:00 EDT in Serious
Electronic Arts - Why has it's financial performance been so poor? Talkin' about SWTOR and WOW and Ford Motor Company - and all that good stuff.
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To design or not to design? That is the question.  Featured Blogs
Posted by Gerald Belman on Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:30:00 EST in Design, Production, Serious
At some point people need to decide if they want to be involved in game developement. Do they want to design video games or play video games or both or neither?
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Brink - First Impressions
Posted by Gerald Belman on Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:13:00 EST in Design, Console/PC
So I guess I am always about 6 months behind the curve when it comes to playing new games. The art style in Brink is cool - refreshing - But there are a few problems with the game.
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Why do people play video games?
Posted by Gerald Belman on Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:58:00 EST in Serious
One man's search for the truth about video gamers. Not much is accomplished here. But please enjoy.
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To Kill a Mass Effecting 2 Bird
Posted by Gerald Belman on Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:42:00 EST in
One man's struggle to pay homage to the games he will never be able to play.
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What if you could take the real world and make it fun?
Posted by Gerald Belman on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:14:00 EDT in Audio, Design, Programming, Production, Art, Serious
Realism in games. It's where we're headed. Get used to it.
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Gerald Belman's Comments

Comment In: EA shares lowest since '99 - is it now a takeover target? [News - 05/18/2012 - 12:19]

@Ian - Nintendo is a ...

@Ian - Nintendo is a private Japanese company so any number that you choose for Nintendo 's cash accounts is speculation unless you have non public information . I would imagine you are correct though and they have alot - but I don 't think their company style would jive ...

Comment In: Zynga's expanding game lineup drives revenue growth for fiscal first quarter [News - 05/18/2012 - 04:57]

Despite the increase in revenue, ...

Despite the increase in revenue, however, the company endured losses of 85.4 million on a GAAP basis, down from a profit of 16.8 million during this period in 2011. The loss was somewhat expected, as this quarter Zynga spent roughly 180 million plus 30 million in employee retention payments to ...

Comment In: Object Clustering Using Circle Packing [Blog - 04/03/2012 - 08:00]

Ok, I understand. It 's ...

Ok, I understand. It 's more about the placement and distribution of premade models than it is about the creation of premade models. Your way ahead of me. Procedural stuff is cool. Especially for people who 's programming skills outclass their art skills take minecraft for example or for people ...

Comment In: Turning down Zynga: Why I left after the $210M Omgpop buy [News - 05/18/2012 - 03:39]

Oh crap - the please ...

Oh crap - the please don 't screw me form. Of course. r n r nhttp://answers.onstartups.com/questions/19422/if-im-working-at-a-company-do-they-have-intellectual-property-rights-to-the-st r n r nIt sounds like this is the appendum he was talking about in the original post.

Comment In: Skyrim Criticism [Blog - 03/08/2012 - 07:34]

Agreed on almost all points. ...

Agreed on almost all points. r n r nEspecially the one about how becoming the most amazing hero in the land is so easy. And the fact that this destroys immersion. I want to be warrior - but just a normal one - a normal person thrust into an amazing ...

Comment In: Changing the Stereotype [Blog - 03/05/2012 - 11:46]

I hate academic writing. Overcomplicated, ...

I hate academic writing. Overcomplicated, verbose - doesn 't ever get to the point. r n r nNotice the the writer pointed out that there are not as many woman in the game industry as there are men - and then offered no concrete ways to change this. r n ...

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