Category Archives: General

Setting Custom Game Icons in Desura

Posted on 2012-01-28 by Stephan Sokolow

I just discovered Desura’s Linux client and, given the opportunity to have a DRM-free package repository system for my Humble Bundle games, I jumped at the chance. Of course, I still wanted to keep all my games together in one … Continue reading →

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Good Villain, Bad Villain

Posted on 2012-01-26 by Stephan Sokolow

The difference between a well-done villain like Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid and a poorly done one like Rasputin in Don Bluth’s Anastasia is actually pretty simple. With a well-done villain, you can understand and sympathize with whatever made … Continue reading →

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Freeman’s Mind, Humor, And Themes As A Writing Aid

Posted on 2012-01-16 by Stephan Sokolow

From a structural standpoint, one of the biggest reasons Freeman’s Mind works so well as humor is that, in the Half-Life story, Ross Scott’s version of Gordon Freeman embodies not one or even two, but three humorous juxtapositions which can … Continue reading →

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My Sites: Now 100% Google-free (FeedBurner excepted)

Posted on 2012-01-14 by Stephan Sokolow

I’ve been meaning to minimize Google’s ability to track me and my visitors for quite a while now, but this post about Google+ which I stumbled across recently came as an appropriately timed reminder. I’d like to announce that every … Continue reading →

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WordPress: Flushing Spam Comments Quickly

Posted on 2012-01-14 by Stephan Sokolow

While I love a well-configured copy of Spam Karma 2 as an effortless way to keep my blog free of spam, it doesn’t seem to have a way to automatically purge/expire comments after they sit in the spam bin for a … Continue reading →

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Open-Source Licensing For The Lay Programmer

Posted on 2012-01-09 by Stephan Sokolow

When trying to get a new project off the ground, there’s no doubt that community is important, but from all the stuff I’ve run across, one of the least understood and most important aspects of doing so seems to be … Continue reading →

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Second-Tier Cartoon Classics and The Effects of Perspective

Posted on 2012-01-04 by Stephan Sokolow

I just discovered something rather interesting about the cartoons I and those of my generation grew up with. If you ask us about companies, everyone can probably name the top-tier ones: Disney, Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera… and deservedly so. Walt … Continue reading →

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