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Using Unity Asset Server on Amazon’s EC2

Posted on March 23, 2011 by lion

I recently set up Unity Asset Server (a version control repository server with a client built into Unity Pro) on Amazon’s EC2 — ”a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud.” There were a few gotcha’s along the … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Dev, Tutorial, Unity | 15 Comments

I just received an email via the Apple Developer program promoting app development on their upcoming OS X Lion. I suppose it was inevitable that they’d eventually have a release named Lion, but I can’t help feeling that this release was made especially for … Continue reading →

Posted on February 25, 2011 by lion | Leave a comment

3D Modeling and Animation on OS X

Posted on October 20, 2010 by lion

I have the hankering to prototype some game ideas in Unity. Rather than just use cubes I want to have the ability to create some proxy art that is a bit more representative. My historic 3D app of choice is … Continue reading →

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Develop: Unity Focus

Posted on September 23, 2010 by lion

Over the past year I wrote a monthly column for Develop, a game industry rag out of the UK. The column was entitled Unity Focus and it took a different format each month, depending on what I though was interesting … Continue reading →

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Me Demoing Unity on a Tegra 2 Tablet at Google I|O

Posted on May 19, 2010 by lion
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Life in Transition

Posted on August 2, 2009 by lion

So much has happened since my last blog post! Life has been keeping me busy and I suppose that’s why it has nearly been six months since my last update. The biggest game changer was becoming a father to a … Continue reading →

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Boundless

Posted on January 13, 2009 by lion

Boundless pain Boundless joy Boundless monotony Boundless novelty Firmly planted Observing everything at once Each passerby’s situation both familiar and unknowable Hopes of the future Dreams crushed God is in his heaven and all is right in the world The … Continue reading →

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Spiderwick Review Highlights

Posted on February 5, 2008 by lion

Here are some review highlights for The Spiderwick Chronicles which Shipped on February 5th, 2008. In general the reviews found the game surprisingly good! Continue reading →

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