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David Gillen's Blog

I'm David "Angry Beaver" Gillen. I'm a designer, a programmer, and a gamer; things you often don't find together. Formally trained and a hobbiest in all three I've done a lot of work online and consider my real name and internet nickname interchangable due to the volume of work done under each. My hybrid of design and function training allows me to develop unique projects. I currently work as a developer at gSkinner.com and my more notable achivements involve Pirates Love Daisies and Black Mesa Source

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Comment In: Making Failure Fun [Blog - 11/07/2012 - 09:12]

I was hoping for more ...

I was hoping for more of a shout out to Super Meat Boy, your failures actually become a reward in a weird way when you beat the level. I think Team Meat really understands loosing, in the good way.

Comment In: Adobe Halts Flash Player Development For Mobile Browsers [News - 11/08/2012 - 10:32]

API and performance are decent, ...

API and performance are decent, support cross browser is terrible. Some browser developers probably will never implement it due to the security conerns of allowing a web browser direct access to your hardware without anything inbetween.

Comment In: Analysis: Clone Games & Fan Games -- Legal Issues [News - 11/08/2012 - 05:15]

I often have to educate ...

I often have to educate people on the fact infringing on someone's IP is illegal even if their not making money, people often assume because its free the company can't do anything which is so desperately wrong. The tip about asking for permission is a good one though. To what ...

   

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