Dreams & Dragons

Dreams & Dragons – Success Club Two

Jonathan Holmberg

So, the fifteenth may have slipped by without a Success Club update. I’m sure you’re all very upset with me, but I have a good reason, promise! My To-Do List Progress: Portfolio: 0% Housekeeping: 40% Music is “everybodys family is messed up including yours and especially mine” by Kristin Kitko.

Dreams & Dragons – Success Club One

Jonathan Holmberg

I’ve quit my day job. I’ve got eighteen months to find a career. This is my first step towards staying focused. Current To-Do List: Get my portfolio in order Get my house in order Figure out just what those first two mean, and how to go about accomplishing them Music is Blue Sunny Day by [...]

Roger Ebert is Old

Jonathan Holmberg

As the final project in one of my classes I chose to do a multi-part, multi-genre exploration on Games & Art. Where do they intersect? Do they intersect at all? What ramifications emerge? I decided this on Tuesday, April 13th. Three days later, Roger Ebert made a proclamation that video games, no matter how they [...]

Thanks, Ernie.

Jonathan Holmberg

“The first draft of everything is shit.” I’m going to get this writ large on the wall behind my computer. That’s the conclusion of everything I’ve been thinking as I’ve tried to write something here four times now. I’m kind of freaking out that my first drafts aren’t high enough quality, aren’t up to my [...]

The Trouble With Trouble

Jonathan Holmberg

I’ve been asked for clarification of a Twitter post I made earlier today. Since “clarify” and “Twitter” aren’t exactly words that mesh well, I figured I’d make use of my beleaguered blog. First, the tweet: I have issues coming up with good antagonists. This leads to issues developing plots, which leads to issues writing stories. This [...]

Game Cryer Review: Plants vs. Zombies

Jonathan Holmberg

I originally intended to write a casual-games-roundup review. I don’t know about you, but my time has moved past “precious” and reached a state of practical non-existence. That was my plan until I downloaded Plants vs. Zombies. Now if you tell my wife I claimed to have no time to play video games, she would probably [...]

Game Cryer Review: Mirror’s Edge

Jonathan Holmberg

A developer’s video at E3 2007, and a two-stage gameplay demo released at the end of October 2008, worked me into a geek frenzy over Mirror’s Edge. The setting, a totalitarian society where packages and information you don’t want tracked are delivered by couriers called Runners, was intriguing. The graphic style, full of stark cityscapes and [...]

Snowflake Method – Post Mortem

Jonathan Holmberg

I realize I never put a cap on the Snowflake Method series I was writing. That’s largely because I’ve put the project on hold for a little while. As I got into the steps of the Snowflake Method, it became apparent to me that I didn’t really have a plot that I could outline, even [...]

The AlphaSmart Neo – NotAReview

Jonathan Holmberg

I received my AlphaSmart Neo in the mail a couple of a weeks ago. The Neo is basically an old-school word processor with absolutely no bells and whistles. It lets you type on it. It has spell check. It has a calculator. That’s it. From what I can tell, you can plug it in to [...]

Ranting About Politics Long Since Past

Jonathan Holmberg

Every day I go to work, I see a commemorative issue of Newsweek magazine celebrating the inauguration of President Obama. Ignoring for the moment that it’s been two months since the inauguration, what bothers me about the cover is the quote from the President’s speech: “We are ready to lead once more.” I’m pretty sure [...]