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Eric Salmon's Blog

I'm an amateur developer, self-taught in game programming, art, and design (all to minimal degrees).

I've created small games/prototypes with FlatRedBall(XNA), DirectX, and RPGMaker and am now using Unity. I've learned a few languages over the years, including Visual Basic, C++, C#, Python, Java, and PHP/HTML.

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Whaling VS Killing Children  Featured Blogs
Posted by Eric Salmon on Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:23:00 EDT in
There's been a bit of news on PETA's reaction to Assassin's Creed IV; but Ubisoft's position is hypocritical.
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Teamkilling as a Mechanic  Featured Blogs
Posted by Eric Salmon on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:45:00 EST in Console/PC, Design
Last night I met with some old highschool buddies--all of which no longer buy or play online shooters. As we went over war stories, a trend emerged and I thought I'd share the loss of our core engagement with two flagship series, Battlefield and CoD.
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Eric Salmon's Comments

Comment In: The Xbox One from a service member’s perspective: Conversations I’ve had and heard on my last deployment. [Blog - 06/11/2013 - 09:05]

Don 's words are right ...

Don 's words are right in line with that moron who tweeted crap about not buying vacuum cleaners if you don 't have electricity. He was forced to resign. Maybe Don should consider resigning, as well.

Comment In: Xbox One preowned rumors batter GameStop shares [News - 05/24/2013 - 03:56]

So I guess my game ...

So I guess my game of preordering chains of games on Amazon with 20 off and then selling them used after two months for the price I paid for them is out, eh.. Twas fun while it lasted.

Comment In: 'This model of game making is so fundamentally broken.' [News - 05/22/2013 - 06:02]

I 'd take the 10 ...

I 'd take the 10 million an invest it in an independent arm to make game prototypes with a short development cycle and very low budget. It 's working pretty well for the movie industry. Yeah, a lot of it doesn 't sell and a lot of projects won 't ...

Comment In: Learning to Love Handicaps in Competitive Games [Feature - 05/22/2013 - 04:00]

I kept expecting to see ...

I kept expecting to see golf mentioned. I can 't think of a game or sport that features handicapping more prominently. Improving your handicap is a huge metagame in the sport, as well as a rank among players. r n r nSome tidbits I can think of from golf: r ...

Comment In: Xbox One designers talk shop about the console's architecture [News - 05/21/2013 - 04:37]

and the other on the ...

and the other on the Windows kernel r n r nWindows on my gaming console. Just what I wanted. r n r n-cough

Comment In: Xbox One is Microsoft's biggest play for living room domination [News - 05/21/2013 - 01:41]

They only need one Minecraft ...

They only need one Minecraft to make it all worth it.

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