An Idea in Limbo

This is my blog about the status on my projects and ambitions, as well as my thoughts on various ideas, happenings, and pretty much whatever I feel like talking about. I hope someday soon it'll be a dev blog for my game making career.

[solidplasma-old]

Just uploading for a tumblr page background, but this is a background I made out of screenshots from my game.

[solidplasma-old]

This "idea in limbo" has been brought back from the dead. My first real game project, Respawn Man was abandoned a while back. Now I'm gonna finish it. Also, I haven't posted in a while. Hi.

[edmundmcmillen]

Your latest question mentioned people claiming you're a "straight white male with privileges". I'd like to ask about that; as a white male, I don't have to search far for "social justice warriors" bashing what I was born with (funnily similar to the groups they advocate against). It does not help extremely low self esteem, but I don't want to leave my Tumblr friends. My question is, could you elaborate a little more on how you deal with such statements, and what can you advise for handling them?

its hard to give good advice on this subject because its something i currently struggle with myself. 

these days its hard to find an article on equality that doesnt direct hatred towards a common enemy.. and sadly i fall into the race, sexuality,gender and now socioeconomic status of that enemy. its amazingly frustrating and hurtful, mostly due to the fact that i stand by the same message of equality and have always been an extremely liberal person.. but not a week goes by where my race/gender/sexuality isnt used to stereo type me as a hateful bigoted asshole.

like ive said before, it seems like the internet is quite void of compassion, even when coming from a place of equality, things seem to get tainted by “acceptable hatred” and racism that seems to somehow go over the heads of those using it. 

its cool these days to say “all straight white men are born with privilege and have it easy” even though we all know how untrue that is and how racist and generalized it is… yet its fine to say! no one thinks saying something like that could be hurtful or damaging to a kid growing up who doesnt at all have it easy, yet reflects on this, now accepted fact and feels even more like shit because of it. 

its amazing how closed minded some of these people can be, and it makes it much worse for me because i fully support the foundation of what they stand for. i just dont support closed minded zealots void of compassion and understanding.  

my best advice is to stay out of it, it will only annoy you more, you arent going to give perspective to someone who isnt looking for a truly balanced view of the world. every persons life/upbringing/sexuality/religion/gender/etc are very exclusive and specific to the person, we all live very different lives, experiences and view things completely differently. 

i dunno i could rant about this all night, hypocrites are just one of many instances of people that annoy the hell out of me..

[solidplasma-old]

Here's a great point by my favorite game designer. Also. WHAT?! I posted something on Tumblr? It's been years! :0

[didyouknowgaming]

Borderlands, Borderlands 2.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/manifesto/gearboxs-tribute-to-michael-mamaril-rip-in-borderlands-2-15155

[solidplasma-old]

This is such a wonderful thing to do for a fan. I wish all franchise owners were this kind.

[edmundmcmillen]

Fun With Omegle ! (drawin fans part 654562)

[solidplasma-old]

I'm the second one from the left in the middle row. Never have I been happier that I stayed up until 3 in the morning.

[edmundmcmillen]

The past week has brought in some pretty amazing additions to the collection, Tyler has gone all out and added a ton of updates to all the older games.

First is that ALL game in the collection will feature achievements, this will also be tracked by the collection itself and things will be...

[solidplasma-old]

You guys should all buy this. This guy makes some amazing games.

[theguywiththehair]

[solidplasma-old]

Dr. Seuss actually did do some political cartoons, so it would make sense that his children's books would have a deeper message.

[solidplasma-old]

Wasn't this gonna be a dev blog?

Well, seeing as I'm now not going to college and instead spending time working on my games, It (mostly) will be.

Some of you may remember a game I posted this trailer for over a year ago called Respawn Man. Well, I guess you could say, development of that game RESPAWNED a while back, amirite? Sorry.

Anyway, I'm working with an awesome artist on that game, and it'll hopefully be finished relatively soon. I can't give a definite date yet, because that makes development a living hell, even if no one even knows that you're releasing a game; stress becomes self imposed.

After Respawn Man, you'll probably be seeing quite a few more interesting projects from me and this artist. Nothing's set in stone yet. We'll just have to see.

[blumbusdrumbus]

But if “evil” could be used to describe anything at all then, at the very least, it would have to be evil to believe that any crime committed in our finite, mortal universe would be appropriately and justly punished by absolute suffering for eternity.

It would have to be evil to equate the...

[vanillaviscera-deactivated20130]

[solidplasma-old]

I'M OFFENDED!

[blumbusdrumbus]

I met this guy in elementary school. He’s a pretty cool guy and, as his name implies, he is in fact made of solid plasma. Yes, not only is he a being of superheated, ionized gas, whom I have the privilege to call ‘friend,’ but also whose atoms are also tightly bound to each other, maintaining...

[solidplasma-old]

This guy is one of my best friends. If his post (reblogged below) doesn't make it clear how awesome he is, there's something wrong with you. He is creative, funny (obviously) and as his name obviously implies, hisself. It's like being himself, but with more hiss. The thing about being hisself is that he is so, unrestrictedly "Jim" that every other Jim in the world is a poser. Yes, even that guitarist. Jim is so Hisself, that everyone looks at him as he goes past and thinks, man that guy is the epitome of epitomes. He is so "Jim". He is so one of a kind, that most newborn children about to be named Jim are vaporized due to his originality. He is Jim. He is THE Jim. The best of all the Jims. He is Jimhisself, and he is awesome.

[solidplasma-old]

In your reality

Oh hi. Tell me something. How does it feel? Waking up and getting a text from your main squeeze? Getting up in the morning and going to work? Being around a group of friends regularly? Being able to say you do things that make you care whether you wake up in the morning or not?

I don't know how it feels. Wanna know why? Because I don't have a life. I have an imagination, muthafuckah. I know how it feels to pilot a octopus mech with laser-cannons through New York City, throwing the pitiful attack helicopters that feebly attempt to stand in my way at parked cars. I know how it feels to see everything. I know what it is to be nothing.

So enjoy your makeout sessions. Enjoy your career. Enjoy your magnificent social life. Just remember: You're missing out on what you could be doing. You could be imagining. Which, by definition, is doing nothing.

[solidplasma-old]

A New Day

Last night was great when we saw a movie, shit on the car ride home, and suicide-thought inducingly awful when undisclosed events happened. Then I went to sleep...

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Suddenly it's a new day. I can start again, and people's anger and frustration reset. Sure, I'll fuck today up, be miserable tonight, and cry myself to sleep again, but I'll feel fine come tomorrow morning. Come to think of it, I could do this for the rest of my......

........Mother Fucker.

[solidplasma-old]

I just applied to UMD college park.

And I thought I would never participate in schooling again when I graduated. The fact of the matter is, life gets boring without some sort of structure. At least, it does for me. Whether it's just so I can complain about it, or whether it actually gives a sense of purpose, I don't know. What I do know it that, eventually, having no idea what comes next is tiring.

Well, wish me luck!

[nerviosismo]

[solidplasma-old]

nerviosismo:

“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics.

You are all stardust.

You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded....

[blumbusdrumbus]

It kinda sucks that I have to rely on my best friend (who has Asperger’s syndrome, by the way) to tell me when a girl wants my dick.

I couldn’t even tell when the girl I liked wanted my dick.

[solidplasma-old]

You think that's bad? I read this and internally felt conflicted that I wasn't your best friend just because you mentioned someone else as being your best friend. There are people way more clueless than you, Jim. Besides, to misquote a maniac, "Fuckin' girls, how do they work?" See? I can't even console my best friend properly.

[solidplasma-old]

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Whenever I go on tumblr, this epic and beautiful song plays in my head. Mainly just because the name of the song is Tumbler. It is, once again, indie video game music, from my all time favorite video game: World of Goo. That game is absolutely beautiful. You should buy it.