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I don't think most peopel who email me appreciate just how much email I get. So this is my blanket apology for all of you who email me who don't get an immediate response or a response at all. If the day were just another 5 hours long I could respond to them all. Sorry!

Back in 2012, Stardock released Elemental: Fallen Enchantress.  It was the sequel to 2010’s Elemental: War of Magic.  War of Magic was an ambitious game but had a very rough launch due to its brand-new engine just not being able to handle the game.  We released a series of updates to address those problems but ultimately, we felt we needed to reward those who had bought into the early access. With the launch of Fallen Enchantress, I sent out an email to all those who had boug...

In order to preserve a more perfect record of the terrible, terrible things I say on a regular basis I am going to post them here, in writing.  A note for children who may read this: Grownups have jobs. They spend a lot of time at those jobs and over time they become friends with the people they work with. As a result, they may say things to one another with humor. This is called banter.  Banter is humorous discussion shared between friends that when taken out of context can...

 

You see the occasional spike here and there when we’ve gotten linked to on some story. I used to be a lot more aggressive about going out and getting linked to on some political article but now I’ve stopped doing that because people have become hyper-sensitive to political viewpoints (even my Facebook comments get turned into stories ).  I suppose that’s the price of success – greater scrutiny. JU used to get around 4,000 visitors a day (tiny) back in 2007.  Now it’s ar...

Uncle Marv, Aunt Connie, and dad opening gifts. The Xbox is playing the photo album from last year. Silly me with Ryan, Al, my mom, Aunt Karen and Alex.

Hearing my 12 year old son and his 8 year old brother playing together happily. My 2 year old daughter laughing. Playing computer games Hanging out with my wife Writing computer AI An elegant algorithm A good mocha in the morning Hanging out with my friends at work talking about whatever Reading a good book. A glazed donut on a cold Monday morning.

Next week the Impulse Preview will be officially released. May 5, 2008 will be the "official" launch of Impulse.