TaylorBalbi.com

My name is Taylor Balbi and I have been a game developer by profession since 2005. I have worked on everything from AAA MMO's to Indie, Social and Mobile games. I currently work for 5th Planet Games as the Lead Community Manager. When I am not at work I am spending time with my wonderful girlfriend Kitty Leroux. If you have any questions or just want to share something with me, send me a message!

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Derp!

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our children Sir Maddox Fluffernutter Fluff-n-stuff Leroux-Balbi and Korra :D

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Wanna know a secret?

My motivation to make games comes from my wonderful and illustrious girlfriend, Kitty Leroux.

Give her a follow ;)

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Fall fashion brought to you by Target.

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running to target right now

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i need this

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#imagine tp link wearing these under the tunic tho

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I am this dog. This dog is me.

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HEY IT’S FALL

LOOK

FALL

FALLFALLFALL

LEAAAAAAVES

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This makes me want a big backyard with tons of leaves for my husky Maddox :(

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DUH NA NA NAA!!!!!!!!

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I kind of wish I hadn't bought a WiiU the day it came out. The Wind Waker HD Bundle is soooo awesome, but I can't justify buying two WiiUs :D

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More Daily Life Hacks Here

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What if said bag is on the A row, like the other day at my work >.<

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Easily in my top 5.

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nice step down

so it’s looking like gtav has no custom music option at all on ps3.  not even xmb like rdr had.  oh well.  when i get bored of the music, i’ll just turn it off and listen to deep purple…

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This is really strange and seems like a really big oversight. One of the few things I liked about the GTA series (I'm not really a fan) was that the game allowed you to provide your own soundtrack. I like it when games do that.

I remember the first game I saw do it, Vigilante 8 for the Playstation. Once the game loaded a match (it was like twisted metal) you could take the disc out and put in a music CD. Then it would ask for the game disc when the match ended, brilliant.

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You know what game was pretty good and funny especially if you could get it cheap?

Hellgate: London.

It was essentially First Person Diablo with guns but the story was kinda neat. The only reason I never finished it was because I had to uninstall it and then my disc was damaged and it wouldn’t…

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One of the main inspirations for Murmur was Jude Law, especially the voice.

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That voice actor did a fantastic job as Murmur!  Still my favorite character in the game.

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Funny story. Hellgate London won an award from I think PC Gamer UK for "Worst British Accents." Ironically, all of the voice actors were British and I'm almost 100% they were all recorded in the UK.

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You know what game was pretty good and funny especially if you could get it cheap?

Hellgate: London.

It was essentially First Person Diablo with guns but the story was kinda neat. The only reason I never finished it was because I had to uninstall it and then my disc was damaged and it wouldn’t...

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One of the main inspirations for Murmur was Jude Law, especially the voice.

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One of my favorite games. Not a perfect game. But something about the world makes me love it a bazillion times more than I should.

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My first job in the game industry was with Flagship Studios working on Hellgate: London. The way it all ended was pretty depressing. Seeing posts like this on tumblr make me think that even though the game was not a commercial success, it was totally worth being a part of :)

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Señor Malgus!

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Erebus, our lobby dragon at 5th Planet Games. He protects us from strange creatures like solicitors and intruders.

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New Theme Coming Soon

Since I haven’t worked for BioWare for a year and 17 days now, I think it’s time to change my theme. At the same time, I’m going to start using Tumblr more often. Not sure what for yet, but ya. I’ll start conceptualizing some new designs tomorrow :)

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Was kinda wondering if you were going to change that, LOL.  I’m sure you can come up with something pretty nifty!

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I've just been so swamped. I restarted my blog ages ago and then... didn't make a second post. I'm going to try to do at least one post per day, we'll see. I don't have a very good track record of posting regularly :D Maybe I'll design my new theme after the company I work for *shrug*

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

I'm definitely looking forward to buying Wind Waker HD and watching Kitty Leroux play it all weekend :) Also hoping cosmowright sets and holds the World Record for Wind Waker HD. This weekend is going to be quite entertaining and relaxing :)

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New Theme Coming Soon

Since I haven't worked for BioWare for a year and 17 days now, I think it's time to change my theme. At the same time, I'm going to start using Tumblr more often. Not sure what for yet, but ya. I'll start conceptualizing some new designs tomorrow :)