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Ryan Sumo's Blog

I am a freelance artist making games in the Philippines. I'm starting this blog so I can talk about my passion for urban planning and how it intertwines with my love of games of this genre, ie simcity, citiesXL, Cities in Motion, etc.

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The Perils of a Weakening Dollar for a Filipino Contract Worker
Posted by Ryan Sumo on Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:43:00 EDT in Business/Marketing
The weak dollar is making life as a dollar-earning contractor in the Philippines a little more difficult for me, and I talk about how it affects my own expenses and possibly the larger Philippine Game Development industry.
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Urbanization, Sim City 4, and design hopes for its sequel
Posted by Ryan Sumo on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:27:00 EST in Design, Console/PC
I revisit Sim City 4 a week before the launch of the sequel, and talk about some of the weaknesses in it's simulation of city systems like zoning and mass transit.
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Ryan Sumo's Comments

Comment In: The Perils of a Weakening Dollar for a Filipino Contract Worker [Blog - 03/20/2013 - 05:43]
Hey Lex I definitely didn ... Hey Lex I definitely didn 't want this to sound like a sob story, so I 'm glad it made you laugh at certain parts.

Comment In: In Response to IGN Asia Pacific's “Overview: Gaming in the Philippines” [Blog - 01/30/2013 - 12:35]
This is a great counterpoint ... This is a great counterpoint to the original, flawed article. I think IGN would have done a better job had they broken that up into separate parts, tackling the scene on all the different levels that you described here.

Comment In: Urbanization, Sim City 4, and design hopes for its sequel [Blog - 02/27/2013 - 08:27]
I hear you. Maybe there ... I hear you. Maybe there 's just so much going on underneath the hood that 2k by 2k was a practical consideration