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In Melbourne I developed a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark. The distored letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards.

We're not really taught how to recreate constructively. We need to do more than find diversions; we need to restore and expand ourselves. Our idea of relaxing is all too often to plop down in front of the television set and let its pandering idiocy liquefy our brains. Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery-it recharges by running.
—Bill Watterson at Kenyon College:

The blurbs are voiced by various members of the development team, including those who are not particularly effective speakers. However, that’s not the point; the authenticity is enchanting. Also, this brings me to the main reason I extoll the idea of an in-game commentary besides value to the player: this is a fantastic way to reward and motivate a development team. If I am given a soapbox in which I can tell the game’s most rabid fans how this bit I made is clever, I am psyched. It’s every bit as motivating and celebrated as a fat bonus check. My generation X is driven by a sense of purpose and peer appreciation just as much as money and title, so like good game credits times a thousand, a spot of game commentary serves as a great reward to the team’s key people.

I predict that in-game commentary as seen in the brilliant Portal will become more and more common, and that’s a great thing. It will further legitimize games as an art form, expose fans and would-be developers to the craft, add even more value to a great game, and give game creators an effective and motivating voice.

As tim_x  says, "Bro, if you're reading this: Threadless.com"

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