excerpt from a conversation

I get kind of juiced when I think about telling stories that are cutting edge

maybe I'm just young and hyper and want the hype

maybe I have a semi-obsession with video games because they are so immersive to me

I get addicted real fast to video games sometimes

I have to be a bit careful

but anyways

I want to tell stories in new ways, sometimes

and the newest way to tell stories these days is in a game

The difficult thing though, is that people get desensitized.

although hyper-stimulating visually and auditorially and even viscerally through rumble game pads and interactivity,

video games are just as dumb as books, when compared to interacting with a human being

that's why multiplayer games are so successful

BUT

when you are able to calm the visuals down enough to create a peaceful sense,

THEN you can get story in there

heck, you can even get story in there in a fast paced game

More and more, video games are trying to create digital places where the socially stimulating and nourishing experiences we have in the real world all the time, can happen

the excitement of collaboration, of spontaneous or "serendipitous" connection

the cameraderie of shared sufferingt

the fullfillment of sharing a goal or value with another person

***** RE: This Twenty years from now, the CEO of the next "Pixar" may be discussing the seminal chat he had with his artist friends... in a chat room. Unlikely, possibly, because person-to-person communication is so much more efficient and stimulating when you're in the same room, especially sharing a meal. But that's only because of the sensory data that is not transmitted with the telecommunication tech we have at this point.

a little update

16th and S. Van Ness, looking South West. This is on my walk to my new job at MetaSwitch Networks, which I got through my awesome temp agency. My job is working in their warehouse, assembling, testing, and packing the telecommunications hardware they sell. Pretty cool people, neat place- I have to admit that when I first came into the office/warehouse and saw their lab and the ESD safety protocols, the first thing that jumped into my head was that it was a place where something unexpected and supernatural would happen in a sci-fi movie.

Public art on the walls of the 16th and Mission BART station. Walking from work to BART tonight, all of the conversations I overheard were in Spanish.

Here are a couple sketches I did on my phone on the ride home: 

I'm super stoked about life right now, a load of awesome things are going on. I have a steady, well-paying and not mind-numbingly boring day job, I'm back involved in Theater (working backstage for The Farnsworth Invention at Town Hall Theatre in Lafayette, CA), Dad helped me fix my bed frame, so now it doesn't sink in the middle anymore, and I'm starting to do a bit of dating.

The Niners lost the Super Bowl, which is sad. But on the bright side, I found friends to watch it with and cheer and boo and everything, instead of having to watch it at the bar like I did for the World Series.