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China, Puzzle Poker, and Meth Addicts

Name:	Benjamin Bradley
Date Posted:	Jul 06, 2006
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So summer is here in Eugene. Or at least I can finally see summer after surviving another bought of serious allergies. These are not your ordinary allergies. They only exist here in Eugene. They say that people who never have allergies anywhere else in the world, will always get allergies here in Eugene. I've even heard stories that the Indians long ago used to call this area the "Valley of Death". And after July 1st, it now is officially the Valley of Death. That's right, it is now against the law to buy Claritin-D or other allergy medicine without a doctor's prescription. So for those of us who need our allergy medication, we are now on the Meth-addicts watch list. Since we've been stocking up on allergy medicine. Anyway, if you plan on visiting Eugene and saying hi to those of us in the garage this summer, make sure you have a doctor's prescription to buy allergy medicine... because otherwise, you're nothing but a lowlife meth addict. (Or that's what the pharmacist told me.)

So... Summer also brings lots of cool events, people going on vacation, other people releasing games, all the hippies in the world descend on a 280 acre farm just outside of Eugene for the annual "Country Fair", and the start of the fall trade show tour.

NEW VERSION OF PUZZLE POKER AVAILABLE

There are two things that I want to let everyone know about. First off, Puzzle Poker now has a mac build. If you haven't had a chance to play this addicting poker puzzle game, don't miss out. Both the new windows version and the mac version have full 60 minute demos so that you can completely try out the game, post your scores to the online high scores list, and join a gaming club, or even create your own gaming club. If you're looking for a fun little game to take with you on vacation, Puzzle Poker is a great game that will inspire heating family competition.

Secondly, I'm heading back to China. Last year, I went to China Joy and spoke at Brilliant Night in Shanghai. It was a great opportunity to bring Torque technology into China both in terms of gamedev studios and also universities. This year, I'm heading back to speak at China Joy, numerous other events, and to speak on the campus of three different universities. After my time in China, I will be making a stop in Singapore to meet with a number of dev studios already working with Torque and introducing a few more studios to the exciting world of GarageGames. It's really cool seeing how many universities and other groups are flocking to Torque technologies as the best way to teach game development.

If any GG people are going to be in Shanghai, China around July 24-August 1st and/or Singapore from August 1st to August 6th, let me know and we'll set up a meeting. I need to go take some more allergy pills now.

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List:

08/22/06 - A good day to be in the Garage
08/02/06 - China and Singapore are powered by Torque
07/06/06 - China, Puzzle Poker, and Meth Addicts
06/20/06 - TGB ships and the crowd goes wild.
02/13/06 - Marble Blast Ultra reaches new heights
01/20/06 - Podcasting from iTunes and More
09/30/05 - INELIGIBLE to judge for IGF
09/30/05 - ThinkTanks and MarbleBlast finally make it to the Official Xbox Magazine

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Alexander "taualex" Gaevoy (Jul 06, 2006 at 22:06 GMT)

Same here, in Austin. Mold is high now... :(
I've never had allergies before, but now I feel like zombie...

Jeremy Alessi (Jul 06, 2006 at 22:10 GMT)

Ahhh Shanghai! Take me with you!

Paul /*Wedge*/ DElia (Jul 06, 2006 at 22:51 GMT)

So it's not my fault that I've suddenly been dying of allergies since I got here. Bloody over the counter antihistamines don't do squat. Good thing I'm having some Claritin sent in from the outside lands >.>'

Alex Rice (Jul 07, 2006 at 00:54 GMT)

prescriptions: Anyone with allergies should seriously consider starting nasal irrigation (Neti) . I live in New Mexico where it's dry, dusty, and most everything is pollinated by the wind. I've been doing Neti for about 1 year and I swear by it. I've not needed to use afrin or decongestants at all www.healthandyoga.com/html/product/neti.html

China: this reminds me: in the TSE Dojo demo, there is a "China" easter egg you can find if you fly around high enough near the windows of the Dojo.

Lion Jin (Jul 07, 2006 at 02:15 GMT)

WOW ,I am a TGB user ,I live in ShangHai ,working in a game studio as a 3d artist.

JS Yow (Jul 07, 2006 at 02:18 GMT)

Hi, do you mind telling me who are the dev studios in Singapore alreadying using Torque. I live in Malaysia. It is very near to Singapore.

Phil Carlisle (Jul 07, 2006 at 07:50 GMT)

I really wish I could go to this. I've always been seriously interested in the asian market, but never really had any business to do over in china or asia to make the trip worthwhile.

Its a real pity, because Worms was a big hit over there in its Korean form.

Benjamin Bradley (Jul 07, 2006 at 17:11 GMT)

Phil... Just meet me in Singapore. We'll have a blast showing off Torque.

Blake Lowry (Jul 07, 2006 at 17:36 GMT)

When I was in Eugene last October, I got terribly sick with some allery/sinus infection thing. I was doped up the last few days so we could go site seeing along the coast. ....and to think my wife wants us to live in Oregon now. :P

Ajari Wilson (Jul 07, 2006 at 19:28 GMT)

I have alergies pretty bad. During California's alergy season I sneezed 25 violent times in a row once and the last one had me seeing colors. My girlfriend had me try this all natural herb called Nettle that comes in gel caps at vitamin shops. Stuff worked for me and without any side effects. Claritin-D always made me feel kind of hazy.
-Ajari-

Phil Carlisle (Jul 11, 2006 at 19:20 GMT)

Hehehe.. singapore would be cool. Unfortunately dont have any business there either. Or I'd be there. Its a nice place. I stayed there for a few days last year. Weird mix of british and asian influences. Hot too :)

Terence Tan (Jul 21, 2006 at 11:34 GMT)

Hmm...that's right. I helping organize a conference down there this December called AGDS (www.agdsummit.com)....sorry the website isn't done properly yet (on my list of things to do ... guess where I have been spending my time;P)..Think there quite a few Torque users and studios down in Singapore. Seen it being used by Playware.

All in all there is alot going on in the region centered around Singapore who is investing alot specifically in game development. Should be an interesting trip for you. There are a handful of indie developers in Singapore and in the region. It's actually pretty exciting right now because everything has that 'to steal a term' "garagish feeling". Both fun and frustrating really..I should try to pop down.
Edited on Jul 21, 2006 11:34 GMT

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